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You haven't had root admin on Windows since Windows 7.

The telemetry makes this clear. Reboots and updates even more so.

The UI lag and stealing of focus ("oh, you're typing a document... too bad, I want to launch a new Explorer window that will immediately steal focus") make it clear that the computer is in charge and will probably listen to your requests, but on the timeline it chooses.



FWIW I have work that's kind of bound to using Windows but I always run this on a fresh install and it is definitely helpful:

https://github.com/n1snt/Windows-Decrapifier




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