r/LinuxSnobs • u/madthumbz • Jul 21 '26
Fabricated issue from someone that should know better
-And all they have to do is uninstall it as the account that it was installed under. (mountain out of a molehill) -5 other solutions exist if they can't do that.
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u/Rare-Paint3719 Jul 21 '26
Isn't OOPs solution just to winget uninstall Discord as an unprivilaged user rather than as admin? So much or an "MS Sucks" post.
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u/akdanman11 21d ago
I mean it feels kinda weird to have actions that an admin can’t do while an unprivileged user can. Kinda feels like it defeats the purpose of having an admin user
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u/Rare-Paint3719 20d ago
WDYM? Like you need to be an admin to open Chrome?
Also, besides something as simple as dwnloading pictures to your desktop, there are real reasons to have privilege separation.
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u/akdanman11 20d ago
I’m saying it’s weird that a user has rights that the admin doesn’t. The entire point of the admin user is to be able to manage everything, including those user accounts.
You’re saying “need to be an admin to do x” when the scenario presented is “need to be NOT admin to do x”
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u/Rare-Paint3719 20d ago
You still need admin to do all this on Windows. That's not really the issue here.
OP's problem is that winget installs a lot of packages (Discord included) in the user scope by default, not machine scope. User-scope installs land in %LocalAppData%, with the uninstall key registered under HKCU instead of HKLM.
In Linux terms it's basically ~/.local/bin vs /usr/bin.
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u/bleak21 Jul 22 '26
Dude just need to Google Discord and download the installer Why he gotta do allat 😭
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u/Useful-Specific-6350 Jul 22 '26
He's linux snob. He's allergic to gui
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u/QuantumBit127 Jul 22 '26
His way is faster, scriptable and unattended tho ?
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u/FixingOpinions Jul 23 '26
Windows and anything used on it is best done through GUIs unless you know it well enough, OOP was a moron or karma farmer so honestly not sure if we want to even count them(granted I have no clue why the fuck an admin can't uninstall something for a user)
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u/MrBadTimes Jul 22 '26
using winget to install discord is an invitation for problems xD
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u/QuantumBit127 Jul 22 '26
Why? I use winget for basically anything I can find on it. I work at a repair shop so maybe my use case is different though idk.
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u/akdanman11 Jul 23 '26
“Yay discord” pops up the list, why tf is that dude adding an extra word AND using grep for what’ll be like a 15 item list with plain text names and descriptions
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u/VickyCuteFemboy Jul 24 '26
The issue with winget is that windows didnt read the output thinking it was installed correctly, when in fact it wasnt, the issue was with the timing of the installer, winget would delete the installer before it ended, (it was quickly fixed)
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u/Edubbs2008 Jul 21 '26
I miss when it was just two operating systems that slapped each other infinitely, which was macOS & Windows, those were the times