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What's the dumbest thing you've done to fix a tech issue? (lemmy.ca)
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[–] 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Friend's desktop was so fried from Kazaa and Limewire, that he couldn't even open a Windows explorer window. Ended up opening Notepad and copying all of his files to a thumbdrive using the file open dialog box before reformatting.

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  • [–] [S] 32 points 1 year ago

    This kind of hacky dumb workaround is exactly what I wanted to read when I posted this thread, haha. It's kind of genius but also I'm horrified to imagine how things got to that point.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Didn't notepad file dialogue also use explorer?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    IIRC, yes but it's called differently. I've used that technique to work around nannyware a time or two.

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