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by antithesis-nl 493 days ago
> I have made my peace with the fact that a windows system is just going to be filled with garbage

Or, you know, create a "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Actual Documents" folder and set that as the default open/save location in the applications you care about?

The pollution of the "My Documents" folder is unfortunate, yet nothing new, and not exactly limited to Windows (I mean, even on supposedly-perfect MacOS, I have to tolerate various game save crap under 'Documents', not to mention various 'helpful' vendor detritus), and not something that you would want to write a device driver for.

(That being said, hello Rust people, welcome to the Windows kernel! Personally, I've been enjoying the freedom to write C# drivers for years, with a minimal C++ wrapper, and I'm looking forward to the fruits of your creativity!)

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He could also replace the folders with hidden junctions or symlinks.