appdata

If you’ve ever found yourself in a bind trying to free up space or troubleshoot software issues on your Windows system, you may have encountered the elusive AppData folder. This hidden gem of a directory plays a vital role in maintaining the functionality of the applications you use daily. Think...

Hello, When I turned on the laptop and open my session, I notice that all the folders/ data of my session have disappeared except documents folder and some software too. Any idea about the problem and how to recover the data? Laptop on Windows 10 and anything happend on my previous session...

Greyed out timeline tile doesn't get removed I know someone has asked the same question, but the answer doesn't work. The suggested way to remove the tile (grey or not, I suppose) is to delete the files in the "C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\ConnectedDevicesPlatform" directory. I did this and...

All the options just kind of disappeared. Various methods I've tried and failed include: shell:startup ctrl+alt+del startup menu Windows Settings>Apps>Startup /ProgramData/ path to the startup folder (created one to see if it'd populate, it didn't) /AppData/ path to the startup...

I'm setting up a new computer and when my user was created the User Folder used the first five letters of my email address (which is ugly). I modified the folder name and adjusted the HKEY_USERS value. However, some work apparently had been done prior and I corrected the names in all the other...

Does anyone know what those folders whose names are long sequences of hex numbers enclosed with brackets are used for? I have hundreds of them in my AppData directory and a hankering desire to remove them all! None of them appear to have any files in them.

Why does %AppData% refer to the roaming folder?

Windows 7 Pro SP1. Customize Start Menu option 'Recent Items' IS checked. Nothing shows up in C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent. Anyone got any ideas as to where to start looking? Maintenance is current. TIA for any help received. Bob Helms

So, I've been having issues with my main harddrive (A 250gb Samsung 750 Evo SSD) constantly becoming full, mainly as a result of downloads and whatnot after having not much space left. So i decided to do a thorough search for the main problem, and strangely enough, it seems to be the Onedrive...

Hello: Kinda related to a previous thread, but not the same question so..... Awhile back, I backed up my iPhone 5S to a computer. I have sensitive data on in (on the strong end, my clients personal financial data/SSN/cc numbers). I need/want to securely remove all of my phones backup data from...

I'm running Win7 Pro 64-bit. Icons on my taskbar to the left of the notification area no longer show up. (The icons in the notification area are displayed.) I recreated iconcache.db and replaced iconcache.db with a backup made before the problem began but neither fixed the problem. All the...

I was trying to fix my nexus mod manager to fix it I had to make appdata visible right after I did this my user was some how deleted and now every thing is gone what do I need to do to fix this

I have 1100 files in this folder. Can I delete them? Thanks. Jim B.

Please bear with my long writing, So, i downloaded a zip file, click 'extract here' in the Downloads folder. The folder is extracted in it. Inside the folder, there are part 1-30 .rar files. I enter the part 1 .rar file and then enter another folder inside the part 1 .rar file. Here, I...

Ive been using win7 for about 6 months now. Before that I was using xp for 15 years. Im having problems with: 1-Search; the status bar gets to 99% pretty fast, then it's literally hours before the search finishes. Why? 2-Ive been using firefox for over 10 years now. I always set it to...

I found an interesting file for Cortana. It appears to be a very large list of commands some look like they have been collected from users computers. I would be curious to edit some of the most likely used commands such as Open Mail. The file is here...

This tutorial will help you reset any metro style application, this includes Cortana and Microsoft Edge Open Windows Explorer (Windows Key + e) Navigate to C:\Users\<username>\Appdata\Local\Packages Shortcut: Type %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages in the address bar The folders should be in the format...

Ben van windows 7 naar Windows 10 gegaan en heb een interne schijf van 1TB Maar zag tot Mijn Verbazing dat deze vol was :-(. Toen ik verder ben Gaan Kijken Kwam ik in C: \ Users \ ??????? \ AppData \ Local\ Daar Stond Een map Packages en die was meer als 300 gb !!! Kan ik Dit verkleinen of...

Here is the mssg Windows cannot find c users user app data roaming mozilla firefox profiles 2oq7p6te default ex.. update.exe The browser still opens T.Y dark

When I go to settings>accounts>sign-in options the screen is blank and all I see is dots running from left to right at the top of the window. What do I need to do to repair this? The folder: C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Ngc is empty! I prefer to use a PIN...