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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by JPDev@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 year ago

Hey, sometimes you need to hose out the cruft.

Why yes, I do maintain a legacy application that still stores user files in Program Files in blatent violation of 15 years of Windows best practices and continues to be done contrary to my repeated advice, why do you ask?