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Spotlight Folder is Empty
On all of my other win 10 computers the Spotlight folder is at
C: Users [your username] AppData Local Packages Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2tx yewy LocalState Assets But the one I'm sitting at now has no files at all in this location. The folder does exist, however. The computer is set to enable Spotlight pictures on the lock screen, but I can't remember the last time the picture changed. My computer is running version 1903, and hidden files are set to be visible. Do you know why there's nothing in the "Spotlight" folder? |
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Spotlight Folder is Empty
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On all of my other win 10 computers the Spotlight folder is at C: Users [your username] AppData Local Packages Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2tx yewy LocalState Assets But the one I'm sitting at now has no files at all in this location. The folder does exist, however. The computer is set to enable Spotlight pictures on the lock screen, but I can't remember the last time the picture changed. My computer is running version 1903, and hidden files are set to be visible. Do you know why there's nothing in the "Spotlight" folder? https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...ws-10-a-7.html turned ON Edge & Settings (which had been set to off clicked Win Key + L Spotlight. I don't know what setting that is, but it's probably in the settings wheel somewhere. At this point, it's no time to be deleting stuff. Work with any setting which is "claimed" to be a factor. ******* When an App has the in-box bit set, that prevents removal, and the file system permissions are pretty hard (but not impossible) to delete. It's hard to say whether the OS "recognizes" the damage you've done, when you do something like that. There is an application which can be used to acquire a TrustedInstaller token from Tiworker (you have to ensure Tiworker is running before running the application). That allows launching a Command Prompt with the ability to delete such materials. There is a database file that stores the status of in-box apps, and you can set the in-box bit to zero for an application like that, which might make it easier to repair. Linux isn't much help, because of the damage that Windows "new style compression" does to system files. Linux claims "I/O Error" when you work in such areas, which is why removal isn't as easy as it could be. Paul |
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Spotlight Folder is Empty
anon wrote:
On all of my other win 10 computers the Spotlight folder is at C: Users [your username] AppData Local Packages Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2tx yewy LocalState Assets But the one I'm sitting at now has no files at all in this location. The folder does exist, however. The computer is set to enable Spotlight pictures on the lock screen, but I can't remember the last time the picture changed. My computer is running version 1903, and hidden files are set to be visible. Do you know why there's nothing in the "Spotlight" folder? One other possibility, is the download engines on your OS are damaged. I think it's theoretically possible to disable BITS, then set the DoSVC bandwidth/connection settings to zero, and just about "cut off the ability to download", at least for services that use the normal methods of download. When I hobbled these subsystems a bit, then waited for the OS to do a Windows Upgrade, the upgrade engine changed strategies, and downloaded one large file with a ton of packages in it. And it could do that with one connection. So the software does recognize the possibility it can be "starved" by someone with GPEDIT. It's dead easy of course, for any software to just download stuff using any old method. A Microsoft developer could put a "wget.exe" in their folder, and completely bypass BITS and DoSVC, so it's not like there are any guarantees with this stuff. Paul |
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