Windows 10: Plethora of duplicates

I migrated on the provisional basis (ability to wind back to Windows 7) very recently, and have noticed that there a lot of duplicate files in File Explorer, far more than would have been created by chance.

Can someone please tell me if that is usual, and do the items need to be retained? why are they there/

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Nokia Lumia 920 a plethora of issues after upgrading to Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 + Lumia Denim

What I meant to say was ''Back-Up'' my phone.

Now here is the weird part, all issues I just described above just, and then just all the issues went just.



As you can see all applications are now installed, but the back-up issue persists...

 

A Plethora of issues with Windows 10.

Hi,

Welcome to Microsoft Community. I apologize for the inconvenience.

The issue that you are facing might be due to corruptions of user account.

I suggest you to check if you are facing the same issue in safe mode with networking.

Safe mode starts Windows in a basic state, using a limited set of files and drivers. It can help you troubleshoot problems on your PC. For example, if the problem doesn't happen in safe mode, you'll know default settings and basic device drivers aren't causing
the issue.

Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/start-your-pc-in-safe-mode

If the issue persist, I suggest you to follow the below steps which will help you to create a new user account.

Follow the below methods.

Method 1:

Enable Built Admin account.

a) Press Windows and x
key together on your desktop screen.

b) Click on Command Prompt (admin).

c) Type: net user administrator /active: yes

Note: Please follow the same steps and type
net user administrator /active: no to disable admin account after the troubleshooting is done



Method 2:

From Built in administrator account create a new user account and transfer the profile data.

Please follow the steps below to do that:

a) Press Windows and x together and select Windows Explorer.

b) Click on View tab
and Click on Options at the top right corner.

c) Click the View tab, and then click
Show hidden files, folders, and drives.

d) Uncheck the box which states Hide protected operating system files.

e) Click Yes to confirm, and then click
OK.

f) Locate the C:\Users\Old_Username folder, where C is the drive that Windows is installed on, and Old Username is the name of the profile you want
to copy files from.

g) Select all of the files and folders in this folder, except the following files:



•Ntuser.dat

•Ntuser.dat.log

•Ntuser.ini



h) Right click and Select Copy.

i) Locate the C:\Users\New_Username folder, where C is the drive that Windows is installed on, and New Username is the name of the new user profile
you created.

j) Right click inside the folder and select
Paste.

k) Restart your PC and check if you are able to log in to default profile.

As you have also asked about the rollback options and backup, I suggest you to refer the below link and check if it helps you to go back to your previous version of Windows.

Refer the section Go back to your previous version of Windows

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-10-recovery-options

Here is how you can back up your Windows 10 PC:

• Log on to your Windows 10 computer with an administrator account.
• Once on the desktop window, right-click the Start button (button with the Windows icon).
• From the displayed context menu, click Control Panel.
• On the Control Panel window, ensure that the View by type is set to
  Category.
• Click the System and Security category, and from the next window, click
  Security and Maintenance.
• From the bottom of the left pane of the opened Security and Maintenance window, click the
  File History link.
• Again, from the bottom of the left pane of the File History window, click the
  System Image Backup link.
• On the opened Create a system image window, from the available radio buttons representing their corresponding options, choose:

• On a hard disk – To save the created system image backup on a separate partition of the hard disk drive. (Make sure that the target partition has sufficient amount of disk space available to accommodate the backup image file.)
• On one or more DVDs – To create and write the system image backup on one or more blank writable DVDs.
• On a network location – And click the Browse button, select a network location, and provide required credentials to save the system image backup on any other computer or network attached storage (NAS).

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Guru Kiran

 

What are the duplicates? Can you post a screen shot?

 

I'm willing to do, but they're distributed all over the place. Are you concerned about any particular kind of file? I'd say a good majority are duplicates of things like log in details, exel and other document files. All have a bracketed (2) in the name.