Windows 10 Is Randomly Deleting Programs, Files, Associations


  1. DamienThorn
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    Windows 10 Is Randomly Deleting Programs, Files, Associations


    It seems windows keeps deleting random files, uninstalls programs , resets file associations...

    In the past few weeks I have had stuff just dispear from my computer everything from important documents to programs being uninstalled without permission Shortcuts and file association...

    I have done several scans for virus, malware and general crapware using Sybot S&D AdAware, Avast!, Avira, Norton, McAffee, MalwareBytes, and they all come up clean for that crap....
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  3. davidhk
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    windows 10 Pro ver 21H2 build 19044.1348
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    How about doing a CLEAN INSTALL of Windows 10 ?

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