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Disable Program Compatibility Assistant (PcaSvc)

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Sets PcaSvc (Program Compatibility Assistant Service) to Disabled. PcaSvc watches program launches to detect legacy apps that need compatibility shims and to pop the 'this program may not have installed correctly' dialog. On a maintained system this rarely fires and the service is a constant background presence. Trade-off: no automatic compatibility prompts. Reversible.

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Official documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/devnotes/program-compatibility-assistant

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