Is there a way to prevent installs/updates to litter my hard drive with cryptic folders?
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Mar 15, 20261610 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Often I find guid-like folder names spread around on my hard drives. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I think they might come when I install various programs or while updating them (seems like windows update does it too). I find it very annoying. Especially when some of them won't be …
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Most frequently I find such folders after windows update/install something. Unfortunately there is no way to disable them from being created. You can only hope that the update will finish OK and will cleanup after itself. As for the deleting of thes…
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