application data

  1. Mastering the AppData Folder: Free Up Space and Optimize Windows

    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...
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    Can I separate -each- users folder on distinct drives ?

    Hi, What I'm looking for is not to simply change the whole userdata to another drive, but to create separate drives for each users, and have their application data, my doc, etc folders on their own drives. Sadly, from looking at environment variables though I think it's not possible.. What do...
  3. Sharing your local app data

    In the first installment of this blog series we looked at the various options at your disposal to store your app’s local data. In this post we will be looking at how that local data can be shared, both between apps and users. When an app is installed, the system creates a per-user app data...
  4. 3155527 - Update to Cipher Suites for FalseStart - Version: 1.0

    Revision Note: V1.0 (May 10, 2016): Advisory published. Summary: FalseStart allows the TLS client to send application data before receiving and verifying the server Finished message. This allows an attacker to launch a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack to force the TLS client to encrypt the first...
  5. 3155527 - Update to Cipher Suites for FalseStart - Version: 1.0

    Revision Note: V1.0 (May 10, 2016): Advisory published. Summary: FalseStart allows the TLS client to send application data before receiving and verifying the server Finished message. This allows an attacker to launch a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack to force the TLS client to encrypt the first...
  6. Roaming app data and the user experience

    Link Removed The user experience for roaming app data is similar to a magic trick. Work is done behind the scenes to create the illusion that data is moving from place to place when, in fact, all that really happens is data gets copied and destroyed, over and over. The data itself never...
  7. Getting Started with Roaming App Data

    Users today are mobile, transitioning from one device to the next throughout the day. Increasingly, these same users expect (or even demand) to take their data with them. Fortunately for us, roaming app data makes this a reality. Today, we kick off a two-post series that explores how to use...
  8. Windows 7 Help! Lost Application Data Folder After Deleting Shortcuts in Windows

    Boy, am I stuck! I conducted a search for a folder and found it deep in a repeated shortcut tree in the application Data folder. The tree was - C/Programdata/applicationdata/applicationdata/applicationdata........ repeated about 15 times. Each subtree "Application Data" folder in the tree showed...
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    Windows 7 error 42127 fix

    I find I HAVE AN ERROR CODE 42127 AFTER A COMPLETE SCAN--ASSOCIATED INFO SHOWS THE FOLLOWING: IE5\5412joea, IE5\WC8RSQ8J, file c\users\vinny\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\tempfile, also shows: ITUNES64.MSI, which I don't use at all. any thoughts on a fix?
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    Windows 7 System.OutOfMemoryException’ was thrown

    A photo program I use, Photomatix Pro, worked fine until yesterday. Now every time I try to process photos I get this (on a new computer with no memory issues) - Could not load images. Exception of type System.OutOfMemoryException’ was thrown. The answer to the problem that I’ve...
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    Windows 7 copying application data file

    I am wanting to copy my application data file from my PC (Win 7 Prof 64)to my laptop(win 7 hope premium) . I have autocad user info etc and other prog info which has been stored in the roaming profile which I need to access on laptop. I want the same autocad settings available on laptop Can I...
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    Windows 7 Exactly 45s delay on pinning to taskbar, startmenu

    Hi, we are testing now computer running on Windows 7 with roaming profiles. I have problem which I couldn't find anywhere (possible bad keywords). It's not only one computer - at least 5 new installed computers have this issue. Problem is that whenever I want pin some shortcut from start menu...
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    Windows 7 Access denied

    In an XP/Windows 7 dual-boot system, Windows 7 Explorer tells me that a number of folders in the W7 C disc (such as Cookies, Documents, Application Data, etc.) are "not accessible" and that "access is denied". What could have triggered this problem, and what can I do to eliminate it? P.S. I...
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    Windows 7 What ARE all these files on my system drive?

    My system drive is 63GB - yes GB... All that's on there is Windows 7 64-bit, and my applications. Data is elsewhere, cache files are elsewhere..... At this moment there's 420KB free on the drive... So, I started looking for what honking big bunch of garbage is eating this thing. Searching...
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    Windows 7 Where is the NK2 file in Win7?

    Hello, I have a new laptop and wish to transfer autocomplete list for Outlook from my old PC. Microsoft support pages only have help for XP & Vista! Anyway, I (think I!) found the Outlook application data folder (where I suspect NK2 *should* be!) and found that there isn't an NK2 folder...
  16. Windows 7 Folder Application Data appears many times?

    I wanted to know if this is normal.... I did a search for something that happened to be in my C:\ProgramData\Application Data Folder but in the search results I saw something strange..... The Folder "Application Data" repeats itself many times! Is this normal? Attached is a screen shot of the...
  17. Windows 7 XP users: How to upgrade to Windows 7

    You had good reason to stick with XP and skip the Vista experience entirely. But now that the folks at Microsoft have created a new operating system that's worth moving to, they haven't made the upgrade easy, because you have to perform a clean install of the OS. Here are the issues you need to...