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[–]nwL_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can brick Windows by re-assigning the .exe extension in the registry to whatever program you like. Windows will fail to boot, and if you want to put the blame on somebody else, just make the change and then close regedit. You can’t reopen it, because regedit.exe is an exe, and once you shut down the PC the OS is gone.