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Brinrac
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Oct 04, 2026

Windows OS & The Registry

From dealing my many home and business Windows customers over the years with IT support fixing registry issues that unfortunately happen, it would be great if oneday Microsoft could rewrite or update the OS so that the registry could be done away with and each program settings etc needed for it was all Incorporated within the user data hidden folder for that app similar to how Mac OS and Amiga OS & Linux do it, so you never get the giant registry that can inevitably go wrong at some point which then sometimes can be a nightmare to fix for customers editing manually. Yes it would be a lot of work to redo and a change for developers writing apps, but in the long run would be far better if it could be done.  I think it’s time Microsoft start looking at that.

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