{"id":"delete-system32","name":"Delete System32","summary":"Delete System32 is a classic 2000s trolling scheme that tricks unsuspecting Windows users into erasing the System32 folder, a core directory their operating system needs to run. The prank took hold on 4chan in late 2006 and is now shorthand online for any deliberately harmful fake advice given to inexperienced PC users.","tags":["delete system32","system32 troll","4chan prank","windows trolling","delete system 32 meme","@echo off troll"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":4,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/delete-system32/delete-system32-delete-system32-banner.webp","caption":"The 'Delete System32' meme banner, styled with red-and-white text over a hacker-aesthetic backdrop of source code and Windows folder paths.","width":1881,"height":1058,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/delete-system32/delete-system32-system32-copypasta-newfags.webp","caption":"A copypasta claiming Microsoft added system32 to slow down PCs, complete with the classic 'del C:\\WINDOWS\\system32' batch script instructions.","width":680,"height":680,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/delete-system32/delete-system32-system32-demotivational-poster.webp","caption":"A demotivational poster featuring a Windows XP screenshot of the System32 folder, urging viewers to delete it for 'faster internets.'","width":640,"height":512,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/delete-system32/delete-system32-how-to-triforce-tutorial.webp","caption":"A fake '/b/ tutorial' promising to teach users how to type the Triforce symbol, but actually instructing them to run a .bat file that deletes system32.","width":640,"height":480,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/delete-system32/history.md","related":["cope-seethe-mald","alt-f4","gold-membership-trolling","bait-this-is-bait","chris-chan-cwc-christian-weston-chandler","griefing","it-do-be-like-that-mr-stancil","lily-lang-sec-burnerverse-trolling","pools-closed","seth-dillon-human-trafficking-and-pedophilia-libel","teabagging","yanderedev-discord-ban-speedruns"],"popularityRank":1509,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}