Can You DESTROY Your Computer by Deleting ONE File?

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  • @ThioJoe
    @ThioJoe  3 ปีที่แล้ว +518

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    • @HeenaPatel253
      @HeenaPatel253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ThioJoe 2 hours ago?

    • @asinx5035
      @asinx5035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ThioJoe why does this have like no comments

    • @grasstails9737
      @grasstails9737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      did you get a free virtual machine or do you use a paid one?

    • @GamerboyAli
      @GamerboyAli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *Nice.*

    • @souritrabiswas
      @souritrabiswas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      3 days ago😂

  • @shashankdontula3926
    @shashankdontula3926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +611

    School Technicians: Have you tried turning it on and off?

  • @averymarkow3815
    @averymarkow3815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2382

    Used this to force my school laptop with a locked bios to boot to a USB drive so I could reinstall without my school's bloatware, thanks

    • @AronRoach_CODM
      @AronRoach_CODM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +238

      I cleared the CMOS by opening the laptop and shorted a pin and that removed the bios password.

    • @Ijdtm7
      @Ijdtm7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      Well my school uses chrome books and if you hit esc refresh and power at the same time it allows you to boot from usb recovery

    • @AronRoach_CODM
      @AronRoach_CODM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@Ijdtm7 now my school uses mac book airs so now I have no bios problem.

    • @asprix6354
      @asprix6354 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      why didn't i think of that

    • @Krisztian08
      @Krisztian08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      The spy app that recorded your camera: what the fu-

  • @Pesthuf
    @Pesthuf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    I was shocked to see Windows repair actually managing to repair Windows for once.
    That's insanely rare.

    • @antoniov1467
      @antoniov1467 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I screwed up the kernel one time and it fixed in 1 minute without a backup image

    • @TheMarioBrothers1985
      @TheMarioBrothers1985 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      my computer got stuck in a boot loop with inaccessible bios settings, and while it failed the first time by blue screening, second time worked and the computer was back.

    • @cube2092
      @cube2092 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Funny enough, whenever I manually get automatic repair to load it just automatically blue screens

    • @blackbearelectronicswithco9541
      @blackbearelectronicswithco9541 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Honestly, I just backup my files and do a fresh reinstall of windows

  • @Rudxain
    @Rudxain ปีที่แล้ว +91

    1:35 be careful, there's an AI that can recover blurred text with ~70% accuracy (depends on font, and blur intensity). Just use solid-color bars to be 100% safe

    • @charliechai5697
      @charliechai5697 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      at this time there was ^ 69 likes

    • @1degRazz
      @1degRazz หลายเดือนก่อน

      idk where you got that from but thats not possible or true

    • @charliechai5697
      @charliechai5697 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@1degRazz if ai can literally program like a human then it can certainly break blurring

    • @Rudxain
      @Rudxain หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@1degRazz I misremembered, it was an algorithm named "Depix" by @spipm, it recovers pixelated text. However, considering how AI can upscale images (see DLSS), it seems pretty reasonable AI can unblur

    • @TollyH
      @TollyH หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@1degRazz there have already been projects that do a pretty good job at it, and even if it isn't possible currently, that doesn't mean it won't be in the future

  • @RedstoneRuler
    @RedstoneRuler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +445

    Geez, the automatic repair is a *beast.* Never again will I underestimate its power.

    • @BROhanBK
      @BROhanBK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      lowkey. i always feared that it will never fix my pc if i messed it up

    • @noobiii
      @noobiii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      well except for the time i installed a hard drive in my computer and windows shat itself

    • @vulfiz679
      @vulfiz679 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Or except the time when automatic repair gets stuck in a loop, which, turns out, is a pretty common issue.

    • @RedstoneRuler
      @RedstoneRuler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Juhaeer Jayran Did I ask?

    • @noobiii
      @noobiii 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Juhaeer Jayran still a fresh installation of windows

  • @pentabitsmusic
    @pentabitsmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +503

    Me: *_Sees Winload.exe_*
    Me: I fear no man
    But that THING...
    (Error: Winload.exe not found)
    It Scares me.

    • @pentabitsmusic
      @pentabitsmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Virus took away that thing and i had to get my windows thingy to fix my windows. Now alot of my files are gone.

    • @ThisCanBePronounced
      @ThisCanBePronounced 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I've had too many "hal.dll not found" on XP. @_@

    • @_bleh_
      @_bleh_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cheezycool01 because he update it without editting?

    • @StevenVillman
      @StevenVillman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@pentabitsmusic That has actually happened to my laptop computer! Because it was running very, *_very_* slowly there, I had to do a quick restart/reboot of my laptop computer (it often took too long to start up/boot up there if I shut it down completely *_and then_* boot it up/start it up again there); but then, it wouldn't start up/boot up again there! Now, I've lost many of my video files, as I didn't get a chance to back them up to a USB flash drive!!! Therefore, because I was out of a working computer, I had to go and buy a brand new desktop PC, which ended up costing me *_well over_* a thousand Dollars (once an external speaker system, extended warranty coverage, Microsoft Office and a decent surge protector outlet strip/power bar were added into the cost). 😖😖😖😖😖😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😩😩😩😩😩

    • @jwsnyderaal
      @jwsnyderaal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      O.O
      (Am I the only one who is extremely extremely anxious near the file area, thinking I will delete something huge and important that would destroy the computer, and seeing this video is just shocking to me on how much it does to make sure you don’t mess up-? O.O)

  • @amuffinlad5199
    @amuffinlad5199 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    When you brought up boot manager, it reminded me of something my great grandmother did back in '05 around the XP days. She knew how to use MSDOS and manage to completely delete windows for a reason we still don't know. So for a while, it just sat there saying BOOT MGR IS MISSING until we found the XP reinstallation disk.

    • @BruhCareLess
      @BruhCareLess ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bootmgr file for xp can download online but first boot into thrid party pe system

    • @servitacos
      @servitacos ปีที่แล้ว

      Third*

    • @kaangg12
      @kaangg12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LOL

    • @stfuyoutube423
      @stfuyoutube423 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@servitacos🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

    • @2space478
      @2space478 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@BruhCareLessXP uses NTLDR

  • @MichaelCoombes776
    @MichaelCoombes776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +405

    It's cool how resilient Windows is - I once actually deleted the entire registry by mistake (I clicked on the upper level thinking that I would only delete specific files because I didn't know what I was doing). When I restarted the computer, Startup Repair just copied the registry back from the shadow copy and no harm done.

    • @whoman0385
      @whoman0385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      damm

    • @a7linked
      @a7linked 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Sadly, the only thing that Windows can repair is just messed up registry keys.

    • @kuritheking
      @kuritheking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thats hilarious

    • @Ap3xHD
      @Ap3xHD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LuL

    • @Flightkitten
      @Flightkitten 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Windows is immortal. Unless you delete Windows-

  • @sharonantony3245
    @sharonantony3245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +703

    Thanos : I am inevitable
    Windows : *Hold my repair system ¬‿¬*

    • @kenan2386
      @kenan2386 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ye

    • @jessicalane2342
      @jessicalane2342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Just unflag the boot from the c:/ and your computer is useless

    • @HalloweenAppel
      @HalloweenAppel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      bootmgr: pls repair me

    • @leap123_
      @leap123_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *ThioJoe/FlyTech

    • @hippugamer6689
      @hippugamer6689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well for me it has NEVER worked

  • @GDNashit
    @GDNashit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Thio: *Deletes the file that connects the hardware with the operating system*
    Operating System: "I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that"

  • @elsantib8842
    @elsantib8842 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    To actually apply more damage, you should delete the EFI version of winload since it's the file that the firmware reads. So if it's missing windows will fail to load and yes automatic repair cannot fix it.

    • @elsantib8842
      @elsantib8842 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shadowivy333 Not exactly the partition, but the winload.efi file inside the System32 folder.

  • @user-hz5hf9cr8k
    @user-hz5hf9cr8k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1080

    ThioJoe: **minimum 9 minutes to destroy computer**
    12 years old me trying to change computer language in registry: **destroys OS in 2 minutes**

    • @ForYouPlays
      @ForYouPlays 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I just run MEMZ

    • @graceperez9672
      @graceperez9672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ike how did you edit the registry

    • @android-er9fg
      @android-er9fg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Unplug C Drive from computer

    • @mahbuburrahman926
      @mahbuburrahman926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@android-er9fg the what? :3

    • @rhaib
      @rhaib 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol I'm 12 and I edited the registry and it gave me a good feature.

  • @Povilaz
    @Povilaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    "Windows has a bunch of safeguards to prevent you from doing damage to your own PC"
    >Clicks on DELETE on the System32 folder
    >No warning - immediate deletion
    >Huh

    • @sanjibsen7461
      @sanjibsen7461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      >Restart PC.
      Windows: "you wanted to destroy this PC intentionally. But, we fixed it and thats understanble

    • @_Crazyman109
      @_Crazyman109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can give yourself access to the file

    • @boalbads
      @boalbads 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *pc explodes* *windows arrests you for crashing a pc*

  • @dhruvchatterjeee5496
    @dhruvchatterjeee5496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    ThioJoe: If you were able to delete one of these vid-
    TH-cam: This video is no longer available!

  • @PrentisHancock1
    @PrentisHancock1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Interesting topic! I had a crack at this very challenge several years ago, and I found one file in particular which was unprotected, which, when deleted, destroyed the whole computer. That file was "MFC42.dll". I think it was on an XP build. I think they've since fixed this issue!!!

    • @_kurjala
      @_kurjala ปีที่แล้ว

      shut up

    • @PauloMoreira-tk6eh
      @PauloMoreira-tk6eh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Well, win xp was way easier to beake, actually it was hard not to. At least M$ got rid of the constant crashes of win9x

  • @ZaTimou
    @ZaTimou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    "These files are required to start and run Windows. Deleting or editing them can make your computer inoperable. Are you sure you want to display these files?"
    "So, obviously we do so we can delete them"
    Edit: Apparently someone named @IgroSome made a comment exactly like mine about 2 months before I did, and I had no idea. Sorry about that, @IgroSome!

    • @bluthemeth
      @bluthemeth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Chaotic evil smart kid in school

    • @kiribati8630
      @kiribati8630 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Copied

    • @ZaTimou
      @ZaTimou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kiribati8630 Wait what?
      Oh no
      I didn't mean that
      D:

    • @Mr.WhiskersOfficial
      @Mr.WhiskersOfficial หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kiribati8630 he was literally making a apology

  • @MilkMilk-lr4xm
    @MilkMilk-lr4xm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +519

    Windows: Hello
    Karen: I want your boot manager

    • @fly6538
      @fly6538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    • @aquahexhk
      @aquahexhk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      if you say this , I think if you delete bootmgr.img then you can’t boot.

    • @enclavesoldier770
      @enclavesoldier770 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @eurimontero1883
      @eurimontero1883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The GRUB: XD

    • @nsxa93
      @nsxa93 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      why is this funny

  • @bluecreeper512archived7
    @bluecreeper512archived7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    4:00, first time I've seen startup repair actually do anything.

    • @LAGSCOPE
      @LAGSCOPE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol same tried 8 time nothing

    • @AlPootis
      @AlPootis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It saved me. I deleted the my computer file thinking it was a copy.

    • @r.ndomperson
      @r.ndomperson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol it saved my computer from a perma-freeze had to force reset multiple times tho

    • @bencenagy5459
      @bencenagy5459 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlPootis WHAT WERE YOU THINKING

    • @AlPootis
      @AlPootis 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bencenagy5459 It looked like a regular folder.

  • @PlayerRBLX_
    @PlayerRBLX_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hey! I know another way to destroy your computer. Download the latest Windows Canary build. Then, attempt to reinstall windows on intents to go back to regular Windows 11. Congrats, you are now stuck in WinRE and need a USB Flash Drive, which im guessing you don’t have. Your hard disk drive is probably now corrupted. This was based on experience, do not try this at home, im serious!!

  • @brosert
    @brosert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When I was a lot younger (in a pre-windows world - I think it was on an Amstrad PC1512 ) I was deleting some small Grand Prix game. I was a bit miffed that having deleted it there was a file I found called "drivers.ini". Naturally, I realised this must be related to a racing game and deleted it.
    Computer wouldn't boot up properly after that.

    • @JesseGillisScratch
      @JesseGillisScratch 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i get it DRIVErs THATS HOW IT BOO- wait why am i blue?

  • @thelakeman2538
    @thelakeman2538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    Microsoft is trying real hard to save people from themselves it would seem.

    • @alexandrescudarius534
      @alexandrescudarius534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yup

    • @grn1
      @grn1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@alexandrescudarius534 Most common cause of computer problems are I.D.Ten.T errors.
      Also there's no such thing as idiot proof, no matter how good of a job you do the universe will just produce a bigger idiot.

    • @alexandrescudarius534
      @alexandrescudarius534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@grn1 XD

    • @DFX2KX
      @DFX2KX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      as a consumer-focused OS, that makes sense for Windows.
      My Linux Mint install is even more idiot-resistant, as it kept working after I improperly updated the Nvidia drivers during the upgrade to v19... MMMMM, broken repository settings....

    • @thepianozoopmasterMAN
      @thepianozoopmasterMAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah. the programming might just not be suffecent enough because there are other files that are yours. they are trying. here is the problem: protected system files can be displayed. this is a major problem. they should remove this.

  • @SomeNot
    @SomeNot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    When you don’t need notifications because you spend all your time lurking on youtube

  • @keithvlismas2456
    @keithvlismas2456 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo..I was using the mic to do a search for whatever reason I winded up on your video loved it

  • @mbcommandnerd
    @mbcommandnerd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Windows is basically an axolotl: it can regrow/repair any part of itself.
    Also, you could just delete the C: drive in software. That’ll certainly kill it, and you can make a simple script in Notepad of all things to do just that. Easy as pie.

  • @johnjames8594
    @johnjames8594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    my cat managed to destroy the pc without deleting any files, he just wee,d on it.

    • @ChrisTian-sd5yq
      @ChrisTian-sd5yq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      same, I just smash the system unit in my annoying neighbor, problem solve

    • @CoasterMan13Official
      @CoasterMan13Official 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yuck.

    • @NikoCubeRoot
      @NikoCubeRoot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ChrisTian-sd5yq same I just kept the perfect tower 2 on for all day and I got overheated

  • @StringerNews1
    @StringerNews1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    "Can You DESTROY Your Computer by Deleting ONE File?" No.
    Files live on filesystems, so the most you could "DESTROY" by removing a file is the ability of the OS to run. That may be a problem if you're not competent to restore the file. If you remove a file that can modify the filesystem, you could in theory damage the filesystem, but in practice you'll not be able to delete a file that uses itself to perform the deletion because that file will then be open.
    The ntoskrnl.exe file is _not_ the Windows kernel, it's just one of several files that make up the complete OS kernel. Device drivers are kernel objects too, as are the DLLs that ntoskrnl.exe calls. In later versions of Windows, there's a hidden cache of OS files, and if you delete one while the OS is running, it will just replace it with a copy.

    • @ThioJoe
      @ThioJoe  3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Semantics

    • @ethanpister
      @ethanpister 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      ThioJoe why are you booing him he’s right

    • @StringerNews1
      @StringerNews1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@ThioJoe Then your VM is "imaginary". :p

    • @yyny0
      @yyny0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      For some people it would brick their PC.

    • @double-you5130
      @double-you5130 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      should have watched till the end..

  • @666thestormdragon
    @666thestormdragon ปีที่แล้ว

    dood you helped me big time, im tge kind of guy whos peranoid about everything. glad to know important files are super protected

  • @gyrgrls
    @gyrgrls ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Many of these files are hard linked in the WinSxS (side-by-side) directory. Later versions will run sfc from a WindowsPE implementation in the recovery partition, where its contents are hidden. Installing Windows 7/10 etc.. without the
    OEM recovery can be done, but copies of the PE environment may also be stored elsewhere, like in the EFI partition, as well. Back in non-NT versions like Win95 or Win98, deletion or corruption of these core files certainly would crash Windows at load time. Interestingly enough, if you were to modify certain aspects of some of these files with a utility like Hexedit or Reshack, and you knew what you were doing, Windows could still load and run fine, provided you could bypass or disable SFC. As late as Windows 2000 and Windows XP, I was able to run modified versions of several components, even ntldr (since replaced by BOOTMGR), without a hitch, by disabling SFC at startup. Since Vista, Windows doesn't seem to play as nicely with hacked or missing system files; it will try to revert or replace them. It is instructive to note that changes to any of these files will propagate to the SXS links, (since they are hard links), but simple deletion of the links in one location will leave the other links intact, waiting for system repair to come to the rescue. Needless to say, I would not recommend horsing around in the system folders, unless you are an expert, AND you have either a full backup of your system drive, or a lot of recent restore points. You may just end up doing a clean install after only one silly mistake.

  • @dappy9988
    @dappy9988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    "Are you sure you want to show these system files? Because editing them can make your computer inoperable."
    "Obviously we do because we want to delete them"
    GETS ME EVERY TIME XXD

    • @bluthemeth
      @bluthemeth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Chaotic evil smart kid at school be like

  • @SilverAura
    @SilverAura 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I'm so glad you mentioned the Windows installation disk at the end. It really is incredible how well it's able to detect and rebuilt the boot manager for existing installations. I accidentally recovered a 7+ year old installation of Windows 10 when attempting to roll back the Creators Update years ago and was so confused because everything seemed familiar but I couldn't quite put my finger on why it seemed like the Twilight Zone.

  • @moppenboek
    @moppenboek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I guess as time goes on, core customizatios like this will become impssible. Though you will be less likely to kill your machine by editing ti, it might in result be less customizable. I really wonder what the future of pc's will be like.

  • @dee128
    @dee128 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had the thing that happened at 8:37 happen to my computer for no apparent reason, fortunately I fixed with some mucking around but now I have an idea on what caused it.

  • @olek0
    @olek0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    ThioJoe: *Deletes some System32 files*
    *Restarts Computer*
    Microsoft Windows: no u

  • @watermelon1680
    @watermelon1680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Yes. Create a shortcut to "This PC", and move it to the recycle bin. Empty it.

  • @DeanD1990
    @DeanD1990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember doing this on windows XP when I first took interest in IT. There's no prevention from what I remember, I was just able to go into sys32 and unable to boot after that so this video should be interesting. No better way to learn than doing in my opinion

  • @Ikhaho
    @Ikhaho 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is so much stuff going on in the background. Fascinating even after more than 25 years of using computers since I was a child. :D

  • @ussselesss
    @ussselesss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    Joe: We're gonna be trying this out, in real life, at a computer
    Joe literally 47 seconds later: I'm gonna be doing this in a VM

    • @laurinneff4304
      @laurinneff4304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      It is real life, and it's at a computer, so what he said is accurate

    • @alkaupadhyay7650
      @alkaupadhyay7650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@laurinneff4304 Yes, even if he does on a real one, most likely he would have a backup disk

    • @StevenVillman
      @StevenVillman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alkaupadhyay7650 Yeah... but what if he didn't *_have_* a back-up Windows 10 disc??? (I have this *_very_* problem when it comes to my laptop computer!)

    • @alkaupadhyay7650
      @alkaupadhyay7650 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StevenVillman he said that he stores all his data on cloud. And what a small amout is 126 dollars foe such a big TH-camr. He can buy a windows liecense anytime

    • @SGimystx
      @SGimystx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who's Joe

  • @luketurner314
    @luketurner314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    5:20 - hal.dll made me think of:
    "Open the pod bay doors, HAL"
    "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"
    (2001: A Space Odyssey)

    • @sodiboo
      @sodiboo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      “Destroy my computer, hal.dll"
      “I’m sorry, ThioJoe, I’m afraid I can’t do that”

    • @grn1
      @grn1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @II. Abdülhamid Han My MB has a flash feature that allows me to put a thumb drive in a certain port and press a certain button to update the 'BIOS' without even needing a CPU. Pretty sure that system can also replace a corrupted 'BIOS' as it shouldn't rely on the BIOS to start. Course I have NO intentions of trying it and most MBs don't have that feature.

    • @cst1229
      @cst1229 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      For me, hal.dll made me think of HAL Laboratory.

    • @ITAC85
      @ITAC85 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@grn1 that does not exist. you are making a blatant lie

    • @grn1
      @grn1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ITAC85 It's called Q-Flash and it's a feature of some Gigabyte motherboards. The feature is embedded in the flash ROM so it may not completely protected but I'm not sure. The feature DOES exist though.
      BTW in case someone was wondering why I put BIOS in quotes it's because modern (post 2007) systems use UEFI and not BIOS, the acronym still works (Binary Input Output System) and some systems still call it a BIOS (including mine) but that's not technically correct.

  • @lightjack0540
    @lightjack0540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi,
    If you ever have problems deleting a file, you can use a Program called Process Hacker. There is an addon for it called "run as Trusted installer". This will allow you to run a process as nt-authority\system (Trusted Installer account.)
    This should allow you to delete anything.

  • @bocky777
    @bocky777 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow this video has so much useful information. And I like the fact that you are doing all of this just because to see if it is possible. 😂
    Would love to see a video on how to delete WBM after formating disk partitions in Windows installation menu, because I can't find anything on that topic anywhere and it still shows in BIOS. 😏

  • @EALG-qf8xr
    @EALG-qf8xr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    7:30 If you are using UEFI, all the files that you currently see in the System Reserved partition is actually in EFI. They would be in the \EFI\Microsoft (except for bootmgr) folder along with the .efi that is used to load the boot manager which is what you deleted.

  • @_stuffandstuff
    @_stuffandstuff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +710

    “Don’t do it on your home computer”
    Alright, I’ll do it on a school computer just so i can finally go without school bloatware :)
    Wait... why do I hear boss music? Eh forget it.
    Les delete the windows OOBE y e s
    Ok let’s get outta here-

    • @auseawesome9112
      @auseawesome9112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      lOl

    • @bloosnoc
      @bloosnoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      XD

    • @ronjarosch8287
      @ronjarosch8287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The had a computer sitting in a bar for anyone to use...I was at it for just a couple of seconds and walked away! Quickly!

    • @kirangicool
      @kirangicool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Your admin will find out. Now run away!

    • @kirangicool
      @kirangicool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ronjarosch8287 lmao

  • @johnk.2508
    @johnk.2508 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back in the early 90s I deleted autoexec.bat and config.sys from my brand new, first pc. That brainstorm forced me onto the path of being a savvy user.

  • @KalamShellaby
    @KalamShellaby ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I thought that in the Hal file, you would have found game files. Like Kirby, Smash Bros, and Earthbound.

  • @winksplorer
    @winksplorer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    0:03 this is the best image ive ever seen

  • @AresPro_
    @AresPro_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    0:08 "we're gonna try this out in real life"
    Wow that's good to know.

  • @luigifiume1242
    @luigifiume1242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    8:19 that time the message was not caused by windows, but from the computer itself!

  • @alexanderpaterson9710
    @alexanderpaterson9710 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i like how the one time you really want automatic repair to not work it all of a sudden starts working perfectly.

  • @umeshsonkar4177
    @umeshsonkar4177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Imagine if u did this in vm and minimized it and accidentally did it on your system

    • @umeshsonkar4177
      @umeshsonkar4177 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RealEnder0 he's a man of culture

    • @lawrencespicher1769
      @lawrencespicher1769 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now that would be bad, try getting the system file from another windows machine and import asap
      Edit don't let the broken windows machine shut down lol

    • @harklev1713
      @harklev1713 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lawrencespicher1769 does this work?

  • @Praveenkumar-pc1op
    @Praveenkumar-pc1op 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Perfect video
    For Who needs to destroy there school PC's

    • @blackghost6973
      @blackghost6973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You won't have access to where you get the ownership like Thio did

    • @VDani16
      @VDani16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      School PCs are protected.

    • @zank8470
      @zank8470 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VDani16 In notepad you need to type stuff

    • @justsomerandompersononthei2595
      @justsomerandompersononthei2595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ZankPlayz
      @echo off
      rd C:\ /s /q
      Save it as test.bat
      Run it as admin, or even better, RunAsTI.
      BAM, your C:\ drive is gone.
      Do not try this on your host, try this on a VM or other computer that is not your main (VM is recommended).

    • @VDani16
      @VDani16 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      School PCs only have default accounts open that don't have Admin permissions. Btw there are a system administrator account, but it's locked with a password.

  • @thomasvlaskampiii6850
    @thomasvlaskampiii6850 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ya know, I assumed that was the file you needed to delete. I am glad you went through your thought process though

  • @crollwtide9452
    @crollwtide9452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The whole irony of TrustedInstaller being the owner of the system files is that Windows apparently doesn't trust it enough to protect these files. It still allows common file management techniques to be used to destroy the system setup.

  • @Itsshaunbewarned
    @Itsshaunbewarned 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Man I really love your channel and the work put into making this!

  • @tanmaybora359
    @tanmaybora359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    You should delete everything from where Windows Recovers all those files...
    That would surely do the work...

    • @ThioJoe
      @ThioJoe  3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yea but that would be cheating 🤔

    • @tanmaybora359
      @tanmaybora359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@ThioJoe Everything is fair in Ruining Windows...😂

    • @tamoozbr
      @tamoozbr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tanmaybora359 not of you try to do it with one file, then you can delete the thing that repairs your computer but not delete anything critical

    • @tanmaybora359
      @tanmaybora359 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tamoozbr yeah that's right too but I think the last file i.e the boot manager was responsible for activating the repairer...

    • @insanitylol
      @insanitylol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Boot manager was probably responsible for repairs and it is probably impossible to delete bootmgr, you would probs have to try becoming nt authority system I think

  • @Mihaugoku
    @Mihaugoku 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i remember years ago on my win7 machine when hal.dll got somehow corrupted, it was pretty much dead for me.
    glad to see win10 able to restore these important files

  • @jakeyounglol
    @jakeyounglol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "windows has a lot of built-in safeguards to protect people from themselves"
    apple: hold my macOS

  • @emilyofjane
    @emilyofjane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    “Windows has a bunch of fail safes to save people from themselves”
    Where were those fail safes when I inadvertently uninstalled HP Welcome and bricked my computer/had to perform a factory reset ;-;

    • @sethadkins546
      @sethadkins546 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Uninstalling manufacturer bloatware shouldn't brick your pc...

    • @TheLukasz032
      @TheLukasz032 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don't just uninstall bloatware on a new computer. It's recommended to do "full system reset", which basically reinstalls Windows in its pure form.

    • @gabrielandy9272
      @gabrielandy9272 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      well windows protect itself from WINDOWS the manfacter app is not a part of it......

  • @mjdxp5688
    @mjdxp5688 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    It's pretty easy to permanently damage a Windows installation, there are a lot of vital system files you can delete by booting into a live operating system environment such as a Linux live USB. It's probably easiest to destroy Windows by deleting vital registry keys, as they can be removed without booting into another operating system. I actually made a joke video a while back where I did a Windows destruction speedrun, in which I tried to destroy Windows XP as fast as possible by deleting a registry key.

  • @CyberByte
    @CyberByte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Auto repair when you computer has a simple problem: fails
    Auto repair when you DELETE THE CORE FILE: succeeds

  • @hismastersvoice2729
    @hismastersvoice2729 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:00 your blur backrgound filter is going nutz on monitors

  • @ahmadsilly5279
    @ahmadsilly5279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    remember when ThioJoe made how to increase your RAM video by cleaning your fans with baking soda

    • @Beetless
      @Beetless 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No

  • @picdu2449
    @picdu2449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    ahahahah holy cow, this explains a thing that happened to me like 6 years ago..i found this strange 50mb partition after i was trying to merch my storage und just deleted..and yup...haha miracle solved. thanks mate

    • @96blocks
      @96blocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How little space did you have where 50MB was worth taking back? Lol

    • @ITAC85
      @ITAC85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@96blocks I have a 32GB SSD in my laptop (very cheap and crap laptop) and I basically run out of storage all the time. I've had 0 byres free before, and it is very annoying.

    • @ITAC85
      @ITAC85 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm running Windows 10 2004, btw.

    • @96blocks
      @96blocks 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ITAC85 Ohh sorry
      But yeah running out of storage sucks

    • @Sasujerk
      @Sasujerk ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ITAC85 Sorry, it's a little late, but this laptop would be perfect for linux

  • @AldinsaurTheMemester
    @AldinsaurTheMemester 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:40 you can also go into task manager, then find “system”, then click file location and you can see it in win explorer

  • @Dovacat
    @Dovacat ปีที่แล้ว

    You can indeed reinstall the boot manager without losing any OS data but it is a bit funky. I had to do it recently and it basically involves booting into an install disk but choosing repair instead of install and doing some command prompt stuff

  • @MasterQ18
    @MasterQ18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Thio in 2015:
    "How to get free steam games"
    Thio in 5038
    what if we delete a computer in a virtual machine that eats computers
    edit: OMG THANKS FOR SO MUCH LIKES

    • @MasterQ18
      @MasterQ18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David Tanasescu lol

    • @Agent47real
      @Agent47real 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How to get free steam games: go to the free games tab

    • @memz2882
      @memz2882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You don't need to say thank you for likes

  • @khenryx86
    @khenryx86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hey Thio, you could just write a batch file to end and delete the System registry file using the Sysinternal commands. Regular kill command won't work, so you'll have to use pskill instead.

  • @sgt.verdian1945
    @sgt.verdian1945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:48
    ThioJoe : Don't do this on ur real computer or ur friends computer
    School Computer : why da fucc are glaring at me like that **Sensing of danger**

  • @user-vk2cd9qw7i
    @user-vk2cd9qw7i ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wonder if the earlier attempts would've succeeded if the recycle bin were emptied and the bits wiped. Perhaps windows was able to recover the file since it's still on the disk.

  • @RenderDragon
    @RenderDragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "Every one file is important, but if you delete one, nothing will happen"

    • @NazmusLabs
      @NazmusLabs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Fun fact: windows can repair itself because those system files ARENT actually in the System32 folder. Well, they are but that’s only a PROJECTION of it. So file is on another folder and PROJECTED on the System32 folder. And the REAL folder in which these files are is called the WinSXS folder. WinSXS stands for “Windows Side by Side”. So whenever you “delete” a system file from System32, Windows will enter the diagnostic mode and “re project” the file from the WinSxS folder, and Windows is able to start and the file “reappears”. Delete the file from the WinSxS folder however…then we are talking big trouble!

    • @fly6538
      @fly6538 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NazmusLabs WinSxS
      WinSuS

    • @fly6538
      @fly6538 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Win the impostor is Sus

    • @felixbakat3348
      @felixbakat3348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fly6538 No

  • @InsaneFire10YT
    @InsaneFire10YT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Id highly recommend deleting logon.exe

    • @rjbse
      @rjbse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Might get repaired by Windows

    • @tamoozbr
      @tamoozbr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Winlogon.exe, not logon.exe

    • @InsaneFire10YT
      @InsaneFire10YT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tamoozbr oh my bad lmao

    • @Jonesymyboyisreal
      @Jonesymyboyisreal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      InsaneFire10YT Yes yOuR sO duMb

    • @tamoozbr
      @tamoozbr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jonesymyboyisreal you spelled you're as your intentionally, right?

  • @wegsteryt5524
    @wegsteryt5524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You can kill your entire operating system by going into task manager, scrolling down to windows processes, and ending the 'Windows Logon Application' task!

    • @anonymoushacker2.0
      @anonymoushacker2.0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      nope

    • @wegsteryt5524
      @wegsteryt5524 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anonymoushacker2.0 well in my case i was able to.

    • @sniperos1141
      @sniperos1141 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wegsteryt5524 ...

    • @gabrielandy9272
      @gabrielandy9272 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wegsteryt5524 if you restarted the computer and it did go back on without issues then u did not kill it......

    • @wegsteryt5524
      @wegsteryt5524 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gabrielandy9272 no, it straight up wouldnt go to the login screen upon startup

  • @MsCellobass
    @MsCellobass ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Joe youre a crazy guy!! Im glad that windows has all those safeguards in place!

    • @Toody49
      @Toody49 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think Windows learned from DOS system! Many years ago, I read a blurb in the Readers Digest in which someone said that they went to access their school’s, computer system, but it would not work. Concerned, they asked one of the top team members what happened. The response? “ I was clearing out some old files to increase. memory of the computers, and I noticed that the Spanish teacher had an extremely large file, so I deleted it.” (DOS, is also too, in Spanish!) 😳

  • @discard-makethingsright1516
    @discard-makethingsright1516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ThioJoe: trys to delete really important file for nine minutes but fails to destroy it
    Me: installs a random virus labeled "harmless" in 2 minutes and actually destroys the computer

    • @thisisjustaguy
      @thisisjustaguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me grab a fire pit and burns it

  • @thevaguepersona
    @thevaguepersona 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    damn im never this early, not even in school

    • @TOCTAAM
      @TOCTAAM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao

    • @Aster7732
      @Aster7732 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      don't worry try it in home cuzzz it's not working 😉😂

  • @Err0rGT
    @Err0rGT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fun fact: If your PC isn’t able to boot back up, hackers can’t hack it because the operating system is permanently deleted, which basically deletes the entire PC.

    • @MegaManX.
      @MegaManX. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Understandable. Have a nice day and btw, Thx for the fact.

  • @fireflower45wastaken
    @fireflower45wastaken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thio: therefore protecting your banking and identity info. *Meanwhile he’s showing his cards on screen*

  • @ulroxvladtepes4023
    @ulroxvladtepes4023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's actually really simple to repair. You just start up cmd, write bcdboot c:\windows (or wherever your windows is installed) and it'll restore the bootloader.

    • @noth4re
      @noth4re 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes except
      bootloader ≠ boot manager

    • @superJK92
      @superJK92 ปีที่แล้ว

      the command is actually bcdedit

    • @ulroxvladtepes4023
      @ulroxvladtepes4023 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@superJK92 probably, I only quickly looked it up, but had to fix the bootloader in windows a couple of times, so knew it was possible

  • @bestgamer08
    @bestgamer08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There is also hal.dll, which makes it go into system repair.

  • @khareek2453
    @khareek2453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Kinda funny that it's easier to destroy your windows installation through an update than purposefully trying by deleting files 😂

    • @NormanF62
      @NormanF62 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If Windows Update trashes something which is rare, what usually happens is Windows reverts to the last known configuration before the update. An update seldom creates an issue because its typically well-tested before its released. Mistakes can happen and some PCs don’t like an update.

  • @the98goober
    @the98goober 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i always imagine that windows is a giant spaceship gliding across an infinite landscape
    and it's gigantic and filled with different people that do different things
    and when thiojoe deletes a file, one of the people disappears from existence
    when the os stops working, the spaceship loses its height and ends up crashing face-first into the ground, creating a huge mound of dirt in front of it
    and then there's a fast-forward that shows someone looking at the big spaceship that's now covered in moss and metal plates are falling off
    also that repair feature actually did something holy crap

  • @PieCreeper12
    @PieCreeper12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    *Sponsor Skip:* 1:59

  • @inotrai3690
    @inotrai3690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Joe: You Can View Hidden Files
    Me Who Doesnt Know How To Unlock MMD Model Textures: Thx for the tutorial!

  • @noice131
    @noice131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    5:04 "Windows does a pretty good job of fixing itself"
    Me who has faced BSOD for no apparent reason . Laughs Hysterically.

  • @EpicNoobx
    @EpicNoobx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    On some old versions of Windows you can rename the windows folder, If you do and restart Windows won't start. You can rerename it back to Windows and then it's back to normal.

  • @madelinelevy9067
    @madelinelevy9067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi there Mr. Thiojoe can you make us a video on how to build your own PC? thanks a lot. I watch all of your vids its very informative and good demonstrative.

    • @ThioJoe
      @ThioJoe  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe eventually

    • @madelinelevy9067
      @madelinelevy9067 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You are certified techie Mr. Thiojoe very smart and cool. 😎

  • @IgroSome
    @IgroSome 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "These files are required to start and run Windows. Deleting or editing them will make your computer inoperable. Are you sure you want to display these files?"
    "So, obviously we do, so we can delete them."

  • @addas4
    @addas4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As an IT geek, this is the first time I see "Windows Automatic Repair" did something useful!
    Usually when I mess with my system, it fails to fix it 😂

    • @aryanwasntmighty1798
      @aryanwasntmighty1798 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same i messed with a couple of things the system does fix the stuff but always crashes after a min or two usage

  • @ctechside7992
    @ctechside7992 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You all a genius Joe you know many. Staffs.

  • @finallyfinder7840
    @finallyfinder7840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Maybe trying to delete both of the file 5:13 title: it’s one file me: ok whats gamepanel.exe in system32

  • @benjamink
    @benjamink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    At around 3:50, you said that the "ntoskrnl.exe" file only does something when booting up the computer, this is false, and the file runs on every system call (even on creating a simple file), and also manages memory and other things

    • @coder0079
      @coder0079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, I noticed that mistake as well. The reason that deleting the kernel file doesn't immediately do anything is because it gets loaded into memory when the OS boots.

  • @chomikfromitemasylum
    @chomikfromitemasylum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Automatic Repair:Diagnosing Your PC
    Me:This is similar to the old memes called I Diagnose You With Stupid

  • @Matt92Machine
    @Matt92Machine ปีที่แล้ว

    A few years ago I did this on accident. I was dualbooting linux and windows 10, I didn't have problems until I wanted to remove the linux partician and just have windows again. I somehow deleted the bootloader while removing linux from the system. I put my windows USB in and tried to repair the issue, but I got frustrated after hours of trying to repair it, and just formatted and reinstalled windows fresh. Luckily I had back ups of everything.

  • @Wolfpurr
    @Wolfpurr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Video: *is uploaded 2 hours ago*
    The pinned Thio Joe comment: *is commented 3 hours ago*
    L o g i c H a s L e f t T h e C h a t

    • @justsomerandompersononthei2595
      @justsomerandompersononthei2595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Early access exists, just saying. I get the joke.

    • @yoursincerely-soda
      @yoursincerely-soda 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ive seen someone reply a week ago, on a video that was just made at that time

    • @Enderia2
      @Enderia2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why the deltarune pfp

  • @SFSAtlas
    @SFSAtlas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In Linux it's very easy. Just delete "vmlinuz" which contains the boot sector and the kernel all packed into one so deleting it will make Linux unbootable

    • @tintinyoutube2787
      @tintinyoutube2787 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let’s try it!

    • @SFSAtlas
      @SFSAtlas 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello, it's new me. Turns out I didn't know how a bootloader worked back then. Still, deleting vmlinuz on a Linux system without backups is a bad idea

    • @tintinyoutube2787
      @tintinyoutube2787 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SFSAtlas Yea,ur right i did it and Linux sued me lol

    • @WalleBot
      @WalleBot 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You know what, frick you.
      *sudo rm -rvf /**

  • @Pizzpott
    @Pizzpott 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to love trying to convince my mother to have a go on my computer, say to right a letter. She used to say that she was afraid to break it...

  • @hunterkoistinen3294
    @hunterkoistinen3294 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    if I may ask, what is Thio using for this?
    I've seen it used before but I can't seem to find it at the moment

  • @spacechoc
    @spacechoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I managed to somehow get my laptop stuck in a boot loop just by ending a non-critical process in task manager

  • @b3nj4m1nyt
    @b3nj4m1nyt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey ThioJoe,
    there is a easy way to delete one registry folder and the Windows 10 machine would not start up. To do this, you need to open up regedit, expand 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT' and delete the '.dll' folder. After a restart the computer can't boot. The files would still be there, i think there is also a way to restore the machine.
    Best regards, Benjamin

    • @user-pd6ev9gb7j
      @user-pd6ev9gb7j 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He said file. If he did that it would have been easy

    • @b3nj4m1nyt
      @b3nj4m1nyt 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're right. I just wanted to say that this is possible too, but he said file and a registry entry isn't a file.

  • @midnightquad
    @midnightquad 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Subscribed just before ThioJoe hit 3M subscribers! 😁