Thanks for the Reddit link - there are definitely similarities here

I am using a Windows 10 64 bit install, but I didn't have the slowdown issues that the user was reporting. Task Manager is all...

Thanks Cliff - unfortunately the volume of data deleted exceeded the amount of free space I had on my C drive, so if this was a Windows initiated deletion of incompatible software, it would have...

I do have backups, in that the software that was deleted was predominantly Steam/GOG content which is all stored in the cloud, so can easily replace.

I was able to get *some* of the programs back...

Hi,

My entire Program Files (x86) folder was cleared out a few days ago, I only noticed because my shortcuts no longer have icons. I have lost 400gb worth of files, and cannot recover all of them....