Windows 10: is there a way to find & remove orphaned files in windows 10?

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  1. JUSTME6010
    JustMe6010 Win User

    is there a way to find & remove orphaned files in windows 10?


    is there a way to find & remove orphaned files in windows 10?

    :)
     
    JustMe6010, Jul 29, 2020
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  2. SLOZOMBY
    slozomby Win User

    Recent File List

    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file1

    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file2
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file3
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file4
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file5
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file6
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file7
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file8
    Remove-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
    \Applets\Paint\Recent File List" -name file9
    ...

    you get the idea. ( too lazy to put it in a for loop and test it.

    or just open regedit and remove all the fileX from that key.
     
    slozomby, Jul 29, 2020
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  3. STRONGHANDINCVV
    StronghandincVV Win User
    How to remove an orphaned icon in quick access?

    I have a folder icon pinned in my quick access in windows explorer, which became an orphan. So when clicking on it, an error saying cannot find or no longer exsits would come up.

    This happened from doing a system restore and it being from an old onedrive folder. This folder goes nowhere, and it is in my quick access list. I am trying to remove it, but it will not go away. The unpin from quick access does not work.

    I relinked it with a folder in my onedrive, this made it a functional folder again, but still cannot remove from quick access list.

    any help?
     
    StronghandincVV, Jul 29, 2020
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  4. WATERATZ
    wateratz Win User

    is there a way to find & remove orphaned files in windows 10?

    Removing orphaned App in Belle refresh (N8)

    I have just noticed that I have an App appearing in my Menu of Apps, but it does not appear in the list of Installed Apps, and it is a Dictionary. It has a Red Icon, and if I click on it, it comes with "No History File" and then shows "Dictionary Files Missing
    or have been moved". I notice that at the top left i refers to it as Talking dictionary" It is not however the Talking Dictionary that shows on the Nokia Store which has an Orange icon.



    If I long-tap the icon, there is not an option to remove. I also cannot find out what it is, to try and reinstall.



    Does anyone know how to remove an orphaned App and it's icon?
     
    wateratz, Jul 29, 2020
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