Forumites: 10 or 11, and why?

No idea. You may find 10 more stable and not so likely to put up cutting edge features to test your hardware. There's also a hugely greater body of online help around if you hit problems. At the moment there isn't a world of difference, but if you just want it to run FC5 then go for 10. 

Well that's what you get when you use DRM malware platforms. :<

Also, Fuck Windows: https://software.kaminata.net/linux-wine-games/far-cry-5-linux-dxvk-wine/

> Far Cry 5 is a game for Windows which runs very well on Linux with the newer versions of
> DXVK. It has some problems in the past but they have been solved by the community. To
> play this game on Linux is easy. You’ll need only Wine, DXVK, and a Windows dll.

Wow. I had no idea. Thank you!

Whelp using a combo of https://www.windowscentral.com/how-restore-trustedinstaller-owner-system-files-windows-10 (this also works in 7), and  https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-use-sfc-scannow-to-repair-windows-system-files-2626161

I managed to restore functionality to Radeon Settings and Steam, and Windows 7 now boots without error messages.

I don't use System Restore, because a) it never works and b) a huge waste of time and storage.

sfc /scannow seems fairly effective at replacing fucked system files.

I did dl an official Win10 installer iso, waiting for an opportune time to deal with the potentially system-nuking fallout

I looked into the running FC5 on Wine thing in more detail TL;DR this trick may be even more fraught than essaying a Win7/Win10/Linux multiboot. Not had good experiences with Wine (see System Restore ^^^), allowing how it's matured since I last fucked with it. Since this is my production system ...

But can you run Far Cry 5?

 

I feel that one day, I will again!  :-O~~~