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		anton_gogolev on Jan 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Reclaim Windows 10” Powershell Script I believe the word you're looking for in your very first list item is "idempotent", not "re-entrant".

raffapen on Jan 7, 2017 [–]

Right. One should ensure that simply re-invoking the script will not break anything by itself. The end result between invocations may be different if scripts are modified between invocations, as getting configuration right is a tricky business.

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