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Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools (www.neowin.net)
submitted 7 months ago by quantumcog to c/technology
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TLDR: StartAllBack, ExplorerPatcher and some other projects are being blocked on 24H2.

One more reason to switch to Linux

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (2 children)

People who are modifying Windows this deeply are not going to switch to Linux

Yeah. Not just to avoid a quick file rename.

Although, I started out as someone who modified Windows that deeply, and I ended up on Linux.

One of my reasons for switching was when my favorite Windows mod stopped working, and there was no recourse.

This sounds like it goes beyond that and the Windows team is actively pushing modders out?

I think this will have an effect, and we will get more migrations.

[–] quantumcog 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yep, Microsoft is also blocking some github scripts for disabling telemetry,etc. They are just making it worse for themselves

[–] Kelly 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean?

Are these scripts being distributed via github or disabling telemetry on github?

[–] quantumcog 1 points 7 months ago

I mean PowerShell scripts used to disable telemetry services on Windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That's why you block the telemetry at the router level as a big fat fuck you.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

I switched when a Windows update for the third time in a month forcibly changed the default pdf and html file association to edge.

That was like 5 years ago, and I've never looked back.