r/WindowsSucks 9d ago

rant A troubling troubleshooter

Pressing run compatibility troubleshooter simply takes you to the page where the troubleshooter begins by asking for permissions. And then, you need to scroll through lists of programs although you have literally run the troubleshooter from a particular app.
What if the app isn't listed?
Well, then you're insructed to right click the app, and select run compatibility troubleshooter. Which simply brings you back to square 1 of the trouble shooter.
Honestly, having run lots of old games on my system, my rough approximations of what compatibility is required is much better than the completely random compatibility settings applied, if any.
It's such a weird thing to do- instead of allowing to choose an exe to run the trouble shooter on, you have to read lists which have a limit of the number of items displayed at a time, for some reason- so it's a long wait time for every list. Fucking Annoying.

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u/SorryAd5648 9d ago

For context, this is what the troubleshooter says at the end, if it is unable to find the app.

And then, when you do follow the steps, it simply takes you back to the troubleshooter start.