As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program

Re:As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program by FacelessJim on Saturday August 08, 2026 @03:20AM (#49219596)

The Applications folder itself is the equivalent. You can select an app and just press delete.

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Re:As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program by frollogaston on Saturday August 08, 2026 @03:28AM (#49219633)

That doesn't delete all Application Support, Preferences, and Caches dirs associated with it.

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Re:As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program by ranger_danger on Saturday August 08, 2026 @04:21AM (#49219862)

and in many cases, Windows uninstallers don't do the equivalent either and leave stuff dangling about because there's no standard.

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Re:As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program by frollogaston on Saturday August 08, 2026 @04:26AM (#49219885)

Lack of standard dirs doesn't really matter in this case because the same dev writes the installer and uninstaller. But I do get annoyed that Windows programs put stuff in random places when I want to look into them, like it's program files, program files (x86), documents, roaming... where tf is %appdata% even

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Re:As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program by defrost on Saturday August 08, 2026 @04:36AM (#49219936)

Yeah, I know it's rhetorical, all the same, there are a bunch of ways to query environment variables:

* From a windows CLI type

SET

and all environment variables will be listed along with their values.

* From a windows CLI type

    SET APP

and all environment variables prefixed with "app" will be listed along with their values (eg: APPDATA ).

* With path location variables, open up file explorer and enter %appdata% in address bar and press enter / click "goto" arrow. File Explorer will expand the variable and show the expanded directory path and contents.

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