What Happens If You Delete System 32?

✴️ Apparently, there's a prank or scam suggesting that people delete their System32 folder. Don't do it. It's a trap!

✴️ Deleting System32
C:\Windows\System32 is Windows itself, and deleting it, if even partially successful, will break your Windows installation. You’ll need to reinstall Windows or restore from an image backup to recover. Suggestions that you should do so are trolls and/or pranks that should be completely ignored.

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Chapters
0:00 Delete System 32
0:30 System32 is Windows
1:00 Watch me do it
1:20 First back up
2:45 Command prompt
4:40 reboot and blue screen of death
5:00 Fatal crash
6:10 Don't delete System 32!

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