Come on, get real here.
If that were true you wouldn't have the time to post here on forum in the post quantity that you do.
Hazel, I could list a few thousand of them here, but that would be a waste of time, & more akin to spamming. I have a very fast test computer, & I have an external USB 3 drive that is 1 TB (1,000 GB) that is divided into 3 partitions, of which there are 2 partitions of 100 GB each, while there is also one that is 800 GB.
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I have a 100 GB Permanent partition (for things I decide are developed enough to keep permanently, such as disk images of OS versions, or SFX'd programs.
I have a 100 GB Personal partition, for things strictly personal to me, such as pictures, documents, etc.
I have an 800 GB partition, of which about 700 GB is filled, with programs/apps/various things dating from around 98 to 2011 or so that I am going through.
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I have about 15,000 (possibly more) high res wallpapers I collected over the years, as well as many other things.
I do not always have time to test. But when I do, I do it massively, meaning, I mark the areas of the drive hidden that I do not need before I begin in the program files directory, such as CCleaner, Defraggler, Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc. I leave common files directory, as well as a couple others unhidden because of the fact that programs do indeed drop entries there. I do the same for the application directory, as well as a few key windows directories, so that the thousands of normal System 32 files are hidden. Then, when I install/test an app, I can more easily see which files have been changed (for the most part) since it will show only the new files, as the old are hidden. I do realize that sometimes a hidden sys file is overwritten by a newer/older file from installation sets, and I have everything I use backed up to this drive.
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I do not just install/use/uninstall. That wastes time.
I install, run, decide if I want to keep it or not. If not, I delete the app. If it is something I like or that has potential, it goes to another folder, to later be divided into a key category. There are around 7 major categories when working with files. Audio (edit/convert/play), Video (edit/convert/play), Documents (edit, convert/view), Games, Pictures (edit/convert/view) etc.
Eventually, over time, I go through the best of the best & keep the ones I think are the best ones in the categories of screensaver makers, download managers, video/audio editors/converters, etc.
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Most everything can fall under one of the major categories, and the rest can be sorted under various settings or utilities folder.
I do realise that most people don't have things as cleanly defined, for most are used to having so many entries on the start menu, that they don't know whether they are coming or going, but eventually, I will design my own start menu that precisely sorts things into the proper categories, such that it is always easy every time to find what you are looking. Audio editing? It is under Audio/Edit, etc.
I am not seeking more complexity from Windows, but rather a streamlined simplicity heretofore unknown till now.
I realize u do not test that many applications, but just because u do not, does not mean others do not. I also have other things u may not realize, such as I tested years back to do about 90 WMP typing, so I only presume that I can do a fair bit more now.
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Do not judge just because what is impossible for u is impossible for others. There are many who struggle with 5 or 6 WPM. Typing is nothing to me. I think it, I type it. It doesn't take much time. I would not be scared to say that I can almost type as fast as I can talk.
Now, the applications, sure, it seems like a lot. If u think this is not the truth, I do humbly invite u to my personal place of residence, & I will personally show u through my house, including my drums, my computer(s), my storage drive, whatever. U just let me know, I will invite you! Of course, I know u are not quite that interested to want to visit anyone like that, but I do kinda take offense to borderline being called a liar.
The things I speak are truth. True, I don't always have time to do a few thousand. But when I do have time, sometimes I select 10 or 12 at the time to right click/open, then set them up. I have worked with computers for years, so I am well accustomed to those apps that attempt to install sneaky pestware such as toolbars, Browser Helper Objects, startup items, malware, whatever. I have had one app that I tested once that did attempt to unleash around 17 different malware(s) from a single executable from a temporary location where the installer extracted itself to.
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Of course, this application was something that did not catch my interest, but I was testing it at the time for the sole & primary purpose of seeing what that malware would attempt to do.
It is pretty simple to test a few thousand apps. I thought about posting a screenshot with some of them, but in reality, that would not work. I have enough that I have to sort my files into groups of around 3,000 per folder. At about 5,000 or so, it becomes so slow, it is unbearable. Windows seems to have a problem listing/displaying that many in a single folder. But there is a way around that if you encounter folders that won't open because of the numbers of files, and that is using either windows search, or Locate32 to copy the files to a new folder, then delete them. Copy instead of move, because sometimes either Windows or your antivirus will block a file from being moved, and leave a folder partially moved. This is frustrating, because you then have to take the time to find out what did not get moved. For instance, if you have a Windows directory backed up strictly for testing purposes, then even if it is not part of your current Windows directory, if you try to move it, u will encounter certain files & folders that windows won't move (without using a 3rd party utility) because evidently, Windows has some manner of file or folder check where certain folders with certain sys attributes are considered self, even if they really are not.
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If u do not believe me, more power to you, as all that is needed, is to simply test this urself.
I have many more things I could tell you, yet, I refrain for the sake of brevity, in order that this not get out of hand.