I know registry bloat isn't a thing anymore but, is there any benchmarks or concrete evidence showing long term windows installs get slower?
I'm talking stuff like drivers not getting properly uninstalled from an old printer when you get a new one and still loading. Shit running in the background like tasks you can't interact with.
The reason I ask is because I've been meaning to do a clean install on my like 6 year old Windows 10 to 11. I have so much stuff setup and customized that'd it'd be an ordeal to get everything squared away again.
Any insight on the former and tips for the latter? I was thinking about backing up my documents folder on my NAS daily, and doing the partition tip in the OP.
Anything else? Is there any programs that like containerize my programs with their settings so I can just do something like docker compose?