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I believe this caused these files to be orphaned, or it may have been cloning the drive previously. Either way, quite annoying. Going to try a few programs if I can’t do it with Windows settings. I simply copied the folders to a backup folder and that caused it to not synch properly and I could not reselect the folders that I wanted to synch in the settings some error popup.

Sp then I uninstalled the app in preparation of a reinstall to correct it which isn’t even supposed to be possible , then found out because it’s built in now that I can’t download it. Found some support answers that showed a location possible location in Windows or app data folders where it is stored to force a reinstall, wasn’t there or errored out. I believe I finally got the folders back, but couldn’t get them to realize they were supposed to be synch folders and couldn’t get past the startup dialog of the app.

I don’t know if this is safe, but it might be possible to delete the files from a Linux Live CD, although I’ve never tried it. In case you don’t know, Linux stores deleted files in a “. Trash” folder on the root of whichever drive files were deleted from, so make sure to delete that folder from Windows after verifying that everything works properly to regain space.

Probably will end up doing a fresh install if it comes to doing something like that. Probably should have done that instead of cloning in the first place, but the wife would have found something messed up on here side that didn’t copy properly.

Try deleting your program’s Cache. I would like to know one thing. Why for most of these topics, is it specified “for Windows 10”. All these tutorials or other tips apply to all Windows for at least 10 years and Vista sometimes even XP.

For clicks? No sense. It’s for Windows, not specially on Windows 10, and when you see marketshare I’m on Windows 10 on 4 devices. Either call it “Windows 10 Central” or else publish articles covering Windows 8. XP, Vista and even Windows for some topics. What about 3. Why leave them out?

Windows 10 is the current OS. There are plenty of guides on the net regarding the previous editions. I personally would rather not have my time wasted with obsolete articles. To avoid all kind if issues, I dual boot Windows, boot the new one, delete the SoftwareDiatribution folder for the broken one from there!!

Quick question, does this also fix Windows store downloads???? Try WSReset. Since this issue can cause W10 to stop downloading updates from MS, something which for many people would be desirable, could someone add the info on how to adjust this folder to block Windows Updates? It could possibly be used via a script to switch updates on or off. The first update you do will hit the MS servers, and after reboot it will hit the local update server again when it picks up policy to update the registry key.

Could have used this article a week ago. My Nuvision tablet wasn’t updating so just reinstalled Windows. Same here with my SP3. Oh well is kind of nice to have a fresh install. There is an Update troubleshooter, that should take care of any Update issues instead of this hacking under the hood. Windows Central Newsletter. Get the best of Windows Central in in your inbox, every day! Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands.

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Attachments: Up to 10 attachments including images can be used with a maximum of 3. The folders that you’ve mentioned are where the automatic updates are stored. We suggest that you check your Windows settings if there are cumulative updates that need to be installed.

Once all updates are installed, you’ll have the option to delete those folders. Also, make sure that your registries are not corrupted.

Different printer settings are not used – default printer settings are used instead. Disk Drive Capabilities change!! My USB Ports are sporadically failing. Skip to main content. Find threads, tags, and users I have to call IT to delete all of them and free up 30GB for me. Will MS solve this problem? Comment Show 0. Current Visibility: Visible to all users. Hi there, The folders that you’ve mentioned are where the automatic updates are stored. You can also address this issue by: -Stopping the Automatic Updates service.

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