Under C:Users<username>AppData, there are three folders.
Local
LocalLow
Roaming
Then under Local, there's LocalVirtualStore
What are the factors and considerations that Windows 7 uses when it determines and allocates a particular file/folder to one of the three main folders?
I'm running Windows 7 x64 and noticed I was down to the last 7 GB of storage on my 120GB app disk. I've only got about 50 GB of apps so it looked like something was amiss. I did some poking around and discovered the Users/username/AppData/Roaming folder had 41 GB of stuff in it. 36 GB is in one folder, Adobe. I have Master Collection CS5, but the program files for all of it (stored in another folder, of course) only add up to about 15 GB.
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{5FDC113D-FB1E-4B77-9C32-40CF430B8115}
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Dell XPS420 Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1,
I ended up getting infected with some stupid virus and had to ultimately restore to a previous saved instance of my OS.Since then my Owner/administrator account seems to have problems running applications and applying the appropriate permissions. Any apps that use the C:UsersOwnerAppData folder no longer have permission to save files to this location and I cant for the life of me figure out how to fix it.
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[code]...
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I have checked the following settings and verified that:
- Show all folders = checked
- Show hidden system files/folders = checked
- Hide protected Operating System files = unchecked
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Oh, driver is from Microsoft version 1.0.0.7 date: 11/7/08, manufacture of card indicates: Atheros Communications Inc.
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