Windows 10: Data files not saving correctly [File names but zero byte files]

I've unsintalled the software (Soundtoys bundle), checked registry with manual search for installers, checked all directories for traces.

TBH It's got to be something to do with Symbolic Links. I've ran a program that checks all shortcut links and nothing appears to be corrupt. The other programs in the defined location work and save fine.

I've contacted Soundtoys support on several occassions and I believe there is only 3 possible solutions :

1 Full resintall of windows (several days with all programs and configs). Do have a full backup but this issue with Soundtoys was prevelant before upgrades. So not convinced.
2 Soundtoys to introduce an installation method with manual selection of preset location path.
3 Work out why the software is acting in such a way and workaround it.

Thanks again.

 

Their still could be traces of your program "Soundtoys" that you might have missed searching in Windows. Also some programs install themselves with different names then you might not even look for. As far as in your registry, same thing, as it could have written itself into many different area's. You might want to use a good registry program to search for those files, other than regedit. On searching your windows for any traces, you could try using a free program called "everything" which does a really excellent job of finding any file traces.
Here is a link for everything, if you want to try it. voidtools

 

I recently installed IObit Uninstaller and it seems to work OK. If first uninstall the applications as usual and then does a deep scan and finds all traces in Registry and folders/files. Then it removes everything completely. Try that. You may also have to uninstall completely the main application and reinstall it, that's why I told you it will take the whole day. But if it is to avoid reinstalling Windows, go for it!

 

Finally gave up and reinstalled Windows after speaking with the developers on skype. Think my smbolic links had got corrupter in the registry somehow with the public douments. Everything alse symlink wise was fine.
Thanks for all your help way back then.

 

The sad truth is that sometimes we spend more time trying to avoid a format that we would spend doing it. Don't feel bad. Even us technicians do that, we try to avoid the unavoidable...