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		lphnull on Feb 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dotfile madness There is a program for windows that does this if I recall correctly. It records every file and registry entry created during installation and allows you to compare snapshots of "before" and "after" installation.

macjohnmcc on Feb 3, 2019 [–]

I recorded the installation of VS2015 and it was a shocking number of files and registry values. 10's of thousands of each!

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