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minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up196·2 months ago Microsoft intentionally made programs install to C:\Program Files on Windows 95+ to force programmers to deal with spaces in filenames. Someone make one of those “statements made by the utterly deranged” memes about it, please and thank you.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up78·2 months agowhat is even more funny about this is that the name of that directory used to be locale-dependent, so in sweden it was just called “Program”, completely nullifying that idea.
minus-squarejjagaimo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·2 months agoC:\Program Files C:\Program Files (x86) C:\ProgramData
minus-squaredosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agome coming back to cmd after spending a month in command.com:
minus-squareBanMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·2 months agoThe fucking parenthetical x86 absolutely kills me. I don’t normally wish dick cancer on people,
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoIt’s only localised in the file explorer. The actual folder name is always Program Files.
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoOnly since vista, it used to be localized.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agowhat about placeholders/variables like %localappdata%, %windir%, %programfiles%?
minus-squareSorryQuick@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI can only assume these always existed, otherwise it would have been a nightmare for everyone.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoExcel used to have, and I think it still has, localised function names. Makes it a nightmare to look up stuff on the Internet.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agothe entirety of office has localised hotkeys. whaddayamean ^F is “search”? it’s for fat text!
minus-squaredosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoi hate that in the spanish edition save is ctrl+g…yet save as is still ctrl+shift+s
minus-squareCavemanfreak@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoStill does. Commas or semicolons as separators in functions differ at least. It fucking sucks.
minus-squareuniquethrowagay@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoReally? That is absolute insanity
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·2 months agoNo this is just clever
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoGiven even what little I know of their history and what they are doing now, I cannot be sure this wasn’t the intention at least partially
Someone make one of those “statements made by the utterly deranged” memes about it, please and thank you.
what is even more funny about this is that the name of that directory used to be locale-dependent, so in sweden it was just called “Program”, completely nullifying that idea.
C:\Program Files
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\ProgramData
C:\PROGRA~1
me coming back to cmd after spending a month in command.com:
The fucking parenthetical x86 absolutely kills me. I don’t normally wish dick cancer on people,
It’s only localised in the file explorer. The actual folder name is always Program Files.
Only since vista, it used to be localized.
what about placeholders/variables like %localappdata%, %windir%, %programfiles%?
I can only assume these always existed, otherwise it would have been a nightmare for everyone.
Excel used to have, and I think it still has, localised function names.
Makes it a nightmare to look up stuff on the Internet.
the entirety of office has localised hotkeys. whaddayamean ^F is “search”? it’s for fat text!
i hate that in the spanish edition save is ctrl+g…yet save as is still ctrl+shift+s
Still does. Commas or semicolons as separators in functions differ at least. It fucking sucks.
nope, that’s an NT thing
Really? That is absolute insanity
No this is just clever
Given even what little I know of their history and what they are doing now, I cannot be sure this wasn’t the intention at least partially