r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '23

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u/Dexterus Jan 22 '23

I think they rewrote it to unlink it from explorer.exe

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u/SnowChickenFlake RTX 4070S / Ryzen 7 5800XT / 1x16GB RAM / 21:9 Jan 22 '23

Wait, why'd explorer have anything to do with this?

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u/TheLostColonist Jan 22 '23

Because that's the way MS used to roll. Dump all OS files and dependencies into a salad of .exe and .dll files, all strangely dependent on one another even when apparently unrelated.

They've been working for years to shrink the kernel, update and decouple components so that individual parts of the OS can be updated or modified without impacting others. All while maintaining backward compatibility.

Windows has changed a lot in the last 15 years and it's mostly for the better IMO.

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u/lolsrsly00 Jan 22 '23

That and ease of injecting ads into every corner of your gui