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How to Find the AppData Folder on Windows? (Two Cases) 3 years 19 weeks ago

The AppData folder is a hidden folder on Windows 10/8.1/8/7. Most of you have never seen it let alone access that folder. But in some cases, you just delete that folder or files in it by mistake. This will cause problems on your computer.

Why?

First, you should know what the AppData folder is.

The Windows AppData folder is a folder that contains all the files specific to your Windows user profile. That means, with these files, it will be easy to transfer your data from one device to another as long as you sign in with the same profile.

Some apps are using the AppData folder to save the profile data. Then, it will be easy to keep data synced between different devices.
The Windows web browsers, like Chrome or Firefox, save the profiles and bookmarks in the AppData folder.
The Email programs, like Thunderbird or Outlook, also store data in this folder.
Many computer games' Save files also appear in the AppData folder.
And more…
Obviously, the files on the AppData folder are very important for you. You have to keep them in all cases.

Usually, there is no need to open the AppData folder and edit the files in it. That said, it is useful to know where the AppData folder is and how to open it. In the following part, we will show you this information.

Windows 10 UWP Bug Lets Hackers Access Your Files without Permission 4 years 27 weeks ago

In Windows 10, Microsoft introduces a platform, Universal Windows Platform (UWP), allowing apps to run on any device running Windows 10, such as desktop, Surface Hub, Xbox, IoT, etc.

By default, Windows 10 UWP apps have access to files and folders located in the installation directory and the directory where the app can store data including AppData\Local, AppData\Roaming, and the Temp folder.

However, to access other files outsides of these locations, developers can declare extra permission for an app by adding them to app's package manifest file. Then, UWP apps are able to access files like pictures, documents, music, and pictures.

How to Delete Windows.old Folder in Windows 5 years 51 weeks ago

As long as you pretty make sure that you don’t need any data from Windows.old any longer, you can delete Windows.old to make room for disk. But you can’t remove Windows.old folder like deal with a normal one. So how to delete Windows.old is a popular question for the majority of users. MiniTool Partition Wizard is a powerful utility can help you clean up Windows.old folder safely.

Recover Data From Windows.old Folder In A Quick But Safe Way 5 years 18 weeks ago

A large number of Windows users will find there's a folder called "Windows.old" in the system partition. To free up space, some of them would consider deleting this folder. But what does Windows.old folder contain exactly? How to recover data from Windows.old folder after you deleted it by mistake?

You may easily find people caring about how to restore Windows.old files when surfing the internet. Yet, many of you don't know why they want to retrieve files from the Windows.old folder. To figure this out, you must have a good understanding of how Windows.old folder is generated and what does it contain.

WinSxS Folder Cleanup: Clean WinSxS Folder on Windows 10/8/7 3 years 37 weeks ago

WinSxS folder is very big in size and takes up much space of your computer hard disk. Follow the steps in this tutorial to conduct the WinSxS folder cleanup on Windows 10/8/7 and reduce the size of WinSxS folder to save space for Windows 10/8/7. To better manage your computer hard drive, MiniTool partition manager is helpful to allow you resize/extend/shrink partition and more.

WinSxS Folder Cleanup: Clean WinSxS Folder on Windows 10/8/7 3 years 37 weeks ago

WinSxS folder is very big in size and takes up much space of your computer hard disk. Follow the steps in this tutorial to conduct the WinSxS folder cleanup on Windows 10/8/7 and reduce the size of WinSxS folder to save space for Windows 10/8/7. To better manage your computer hard drive, MiniTool partition manager is helpful to allow you resize/extend/shrink partition and more.

How to Delete Windows.old Files and Folder in Windows 10 5 years 29 weeks ago

If you upgrade your Windows 7/8 to Windows 10, or you upgrade Windows 10 to the latest version, you will have a Windows.old folder saved on your C drive. This folder is used to roll back to the previous version of your Windows. However, if you are satisfied with the current operating system, probably you want to delete Windows.old, which usually takes 10 GB around disk space.

So what we are going to talk about is how to delete Windows.old folder.