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Microsoft should have renamed it to WINDLHLP.COM or something Windowsy like that, and none of these people would have dared touch it.
I noticed that "curl" in PowerShell is an alias, so you would have to deliberately say "curl.exe" to get System32\curl.exe C:\> alias curl CommandType Name Version Source ----------- ---- ------- ------ Alias curl -> Invoke-WebRequest
Is there a windows equivalent of "chmod 0000 /file/to/be/made/unavailable" ? Even that seems pretty brutal but at least it's easily reversible if you discover that "oh I needed that to download the vendor patch that will _actually_ fix the problem"
Windows has so far randomly undone these changes so there's probably some kind of recovery mechanism that gets triggered when you alter file permissions. A script running on login setting the permissions through powershell seems to have put that stupid executable in stasis on my machine at least, so perhaps it works for curl too.
* compattelrunner is a telemetry generation tool that seemingly cannot be killed. I have applied every registry hack, privacy tool, and Windows setting, but that damned thing will not be disabled. If it weren't for the driver signature enforcement, I would've written a minifilter driver that makes all files with that name disappear to finally rid myself of this curse.
If you are missing curl.exe, the System File Checker may be able to restore it. Worth giving sfc /scannow a shot.
Vodaphone blocks this site for being “18+ content”, I guess because of “hacking” or something? There’s no explanation or option to report a false positive and they want you to put in credit card details to confirm your age to unlock it (I don’t need tips to get around this or anything, I can just connect to another network or use a VPN)
Vodafone... https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/05/02/considered-18/
Vodaphone blocks this site for being “18+ content”, I guess because of “hacking” or something? There’s no explanation or option to report a false positive and they want you to put in credit card details to confirm your age to unlock it (I don’t need tips to get around this or anything, I can just connect to another network or use a VPN)
Vodaphone blocks this site for being “18+ content”, I guess because of “hacking” or something? There’s no explanation or option to report a false positive and they want you to put in credit card details to confirm your age to unlock it (I don’t need tips to get around this or anything, I can just connect to another network or use a VPN)
Vodafone... https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/05/02/considered-18/
People who delete system binaries due to whacky CVEs deserve a broken system. I don't even know who else to blame for this.
> I don't even know who else to blame for this. The people who told them that deleting system binaries would fix their problems? > I have been pointed to responses on the Microsoft site answers.microsoft.com done by “helpful volunteers” that specifically recommend removing the curl.exe executable as a fix. Don't trust strangers on the internet with advice you don't understand the implications of. Even if they are sin…
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Microsoft should have renamed it to WINDLHLP.COM or something Windowsy like that, and none of these people would have dared touch it.
I noticed that "curl" in PowerShell is an alias, so you would have to deliberately say "curl.exe" to get System32\curl.exe C:\> alias curl CommandType Name Version Source ----------- ---- ------- ------ Alias curl -> Invoke-WebRequest
curl > curl.exe > C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe
[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/whats...
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Good thing there is no shake shack in the UK.
And yet there is a town called Scunthorpe - I wonder if the inhabitants have trouble getting things delivered?
Moral of the story: answers.microsoft.com is the worst
Every time I run into a Windows related problem I find an answers.microsoft.com post of someone with the exact problem I'm having and every time the thread runs dry after some Verified Super Duper Senior Adviser Technician Microsoft Windows Expert Professional says "have you tried reinstalling Windows 11". I don't know if you get forum points for suggesting wiping your drive or something but I've never seen a useful…