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mech@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Microsoft says that it is working on a fix but, for now, has provided a couple of workarounds to deal with the issue. First, Microsoft says that restarting the Shell Infrastructure host (SIHost.exe) service will help restore the missing Immersive Shell packages. This can be done with the following commands:

Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode  
Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.CBS_8wekyb3d8bbwe\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode  
Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core_cw5n1h2txyewy\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode

Second, a PowerShell logon script has been shared that essentially blocks Explorer from launching prematurely until the required packages are fully provisioned. The batch script for that is given below:

@echo off  
REM Register MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS  
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode"
REM Register Microsoft.UI.Xaml.CBS  
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.CBS_8wekyb3d8bbwe\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode"  
REM Register MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core  
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Add-AppxPackage -Register -Path 'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.Core_cw5n1h2txyewy\appxmanifest.xml' -DisableDevelopmentMode"

I swear to god, if I hear “Windows just works” one more goddamn time…

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CileTheSane@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
But Linux is too difficult, someone might suggest you use the terminal.

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- paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  And don’t get me started on the people who assume macOS does not have a command line.
  
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  - stoly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Bonus points if they open Spotlight and type “CMD”.
    
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joyjoy@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

“Windows just works”

When did Microsoft steal Apple’s marketing material?

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- floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Maybe I’ve just been lucky, but for several years and on several different machines I’ve found Linux just works, while Windows is an endless treadmill of frustration and brokenness.
  
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  - heydo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’m the exact opposite, every Linux install has something fucked, but I’ve never experienced any of these major Windows issues.
    
    Of course I never update immediately, an old habit. And I do experience plenty of issues with Windows like everyone else does, I’ve just been lucky with the major issues.
    
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  - Emi@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Went from mint to cachyOS and besides some things being different it just works.
    
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- fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  What didn’t Microsoft steal?
  
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  - pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    
    A version of libc that has POSIX shims.
    
    A filesystem with reflink support.
    
    A consistent UI design across old and new programs.
    
    Dark mode that works everywhere.
    
    Respect for their users’ autonomy.
    
    Need I go on?
    
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  - mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    my heart
    
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    fartographer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    Quit laying blame on my fart
    
    My fart…
    
    My fart.
    
    I should have known I did shart
    
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- Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Well compated to others it did kind of just work. Plug&play, USB, most simple peripherics didn’t need a driver to be manually installed and configured.
  
  Windows 98 I guess.
  
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  - dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Windows 98 SE, maybe. We didn’t gain much traction there until about Win2k or XP.
    
    Windows 98 in its original flavor didn’t even support USB mass storage devices out of the box without drivers. Hands up everyone who remembers having to carry around one of those tiny driver CDs that came in the box with every single Sandisk Cruzer for a couple of years? Yeah? How quickly we forget.
    
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    P1nkman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    ✋
    
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  - AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    My recollection is that USB on windows was kind of a dumpster fire until XP. Or maybe that was just printers in general.
    
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    baronvonj@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Hell I remember when USB on PCs was basically a set of pins on the motherboard and you had to buy the actual port assembly separately and hope there was somewhere reasonable on your case to mount it. Was going absolutely nowhere on PC until the iMac came and did away with all other ports and no peripherals built in.
    
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Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It does, if you are talking about pre 11, and dont care about internet pre 10. But otherwise fuck Microsoft with a rusty shovel, theyve ruined anything good about windows and make it harder and harder not to switch to steamos, the only reason I don’t is because of the pain of reinstalling everything and not having the drive space to shuffle files to it.

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