To show the "super hidden" files and folders uncheck this box.
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I delete all sorts of other system files, I can rend my installation like a cat shredding toilet paper. Why are those files...

How windows really works; with, files that don't display even when [View > Show > Hidden Items] is active?
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I took ownership of my entire primary hard drive, or at least use C drive properties (to take permissions/ownership of the entire drive). I did this because I wanted to change the drive icon and...

Explorer Previews are Back !
I can now see image previews of .jpg, .mp3 (when images are assigned), and .mp4.
I believe it was due to a lack of free hard-drive space.
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Now all I need to...

Okay. Update for Educational Purposes:

Previously in this thread I had used my simpleton understanding to assume that if file meta data was seen so too should the the file contents -- I had...

Those aren't my images, they were URL copied from other places on the web.
Click the button to active preview pain does nothing but bring up the blank white preview pane.

Interestingly:
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Yeah, I saw what was happening there. Sorry about the photo links. Some site's just don't like to share. We're good. Wish I could say the same about software usability during the past 15 years. Can't...

That is step 1 in the post above of what I've tried. So... yeah, that's done.

The usual recommendations for not seeing file previews in the Windows Preview Pane have not worked in this situation. Additional knowhow needed.
Windows Version 1903. OS Build 18362.1082

Below...

Oh, I thought you meant some form of dat recovery which literally copies the drive bits over directly instead of trying to "reconstruct" things. I can copy past the D contents, not from the deleted...

Do you have a link for the copy and past? Searching engine gave the wrong reflection of the term as it refers to data recovery. That's what I'd like, for it to "read and copy exact contents of drive...

Speaking of which.... Which type are you thinking of?

1. Using any of the free ones, many of which I've already tried Recovered .txt Files Have Scrambled Code and Meta Data in Contents.

or
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Thanks for the advice Mac. Like I said, I don't guess that scan is going to happen. All my drives are full. Have to process a few thousand hours of media before I get the room to back it up. Talking...

C:...

Trash the drive! I don't want to do that. Can I just wait until the drive is too old? You know, let it go naturally.
I came here for a USB problem; it's not even the system drive. It'll be ok --...

Those locations only have the start menu apps ... that actually exist. These don't exist, they're ghosts; though you may have found the living 5 which actually belong there....

While I may disagree with your reasoning, I have been coming to the same conclusion.

Next steps:

Organize a few thousand files, verify each of them manually.
Sort-out the corrupted files. ...

Yea, still trying to figure this one out:
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I deleted my windows store and a bunch of apps and AppData files. How do I make these go away?
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Not the whole folder, just the stuff I didn't like. There were files from old uninstalled programs, I even a found a potential security risk. Then I got rid of the programs from companies I don't...

Olay, scannin complete.

Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online.

It only took 7 hours and then it had an error. The log seems to stop abruptly so I...

This file might be a key to figuring out how many bits things got pushed to the left or right. It contains the name of itself, as well as the names of other files and/or the folder "NOTEBOOKS"(?)...

zbook will try that in a few hours. I'll let you know how it goes.

FreeBooter All the USB stuff got uninstalled. Is that Chipset? I don't know.

Sounds like an Intel CPU thing. Should I...

You know the Windows 10 menu does search too? It's invisible until you start typing. Is that what you mean? It's nice not having to click in the search box first.

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Oh... I...

Here are two more:
https://mega.nz/file/ZxMR2AJI#HMI1PvyDjZIxcfrCm2bEyqij9KwTWDNENDfhIF2WpzI
https://mega.nz/file/lsUxEYZb#7DVB_mxOPjIgO01X6nguK0Yg5aIaLHHhLQuAp-ufWvM
Both of them have what seems...