Loaders vs "original software" - tips, tales, and troubles

[TaoPhoenix]

Mostly because I am senile, I can't merge a prior thread I posted a good ways back. Mouser(Minor Deity) asked for some stuff to work with.

I had remarked that some of the worst were beginning to look like "games" to "remove the junkware".

See below.

[Innuendo]

See below.

Waiting patiently to see what appears 'below'.