The Register·3 min read·medium
Windows 95 detected installers by looking for magic words and hoping for the best
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Richard Speed
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A veteran Microsoft engineer has revealed that Windows 95 identified installer programs by checking their filenames against a list of 'magic words' like 'setup' or 'install'. This rudimentary method was a necessary workaround for the limitations of 1990s operating system architecture.
If your name's not on the list, you're... probably not a setup program
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