From zbbjornson at gmail.com  Fri Dec  8 18:33:56 2017
From: zbbjornson at gmail.com (Zach Bjornson)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 09:33:56 -0800
Subject: [Rd] Bug: Issues on Windows with SFN disabled
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>
> This is actually a pretty big peeve of mine. "Program Files" is where
> programs are *supposed* to reside on Windows.
>

PS -- Microsoft's reasoning is explained in "Why do program files go into
the Program Files directory?"

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20120307-00/?p=8153

There are a few useful comments below it as well, including some folks who
got bit by SFN. The mentioned logo/cert requirements are listed in

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa372825(v=vs.85).aspx

-Z

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[Rd] Bug: Issues on Windows with SFN disabled
Zach Bjornson