Windows 10: Windows 10 October Update - will my files be deleted?

I installed the October Update on the 3rd October, before the update rollout was halted. I'm becoming increasingly concerned by the reports of Windows deleting files. The vast majority of my files are stored in OneDrive, is there any risk that these could be deleted too?


I'm not able to revert back to a previous build because I was running very short on space, hence I deleted the previous build Windows files using disk clean-up as I was advised to do by a Microsoft support assistant yesterday.


Please could anyone confirm if the reported issues affect everyone using the October Update or if it is just a small number of users affected y the problems?


Many thanks.

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

I deleted $Windows~.BT folder that was propably Windows 10 files. How to recover?

Hello,

So about two weeks ago I deleted a $Windows~.BT folder (through the cmd). Now I know that was Windows 10 files ready for install.

How can I download it again? I'm sure I need to reinstall some update. But which?

Tintai

 

C windows installer folder - Delete?

He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink
Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

Like:
First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
Then type this in command mode as admin
mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.