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Edwin said:

Yeah!!!

"We fixed an issue where we foolishly included the Downloads Folder in Disk Cleanup!"

I cannot repeat what I said out loud first time I saw that.

I do the same thing...always have always will.

fjk61011 said:

I exported a Hyper-C machine to my D drive. It's now gone.

MS cleanup ate it?

It's a #itch that so many have lost all the files in their download folder, but really, you have at least three opportunities to uncheck the download folder from being emptied during the cleanup process, and a final warning, asking if you really want to delete all of the files. So, where is the real problem? it's with the user not paying attention to what they are doing, when cleaning up drive space.

Tews said:

It's a #itch that so many have lost all the files in their download folder, but really, you have at least three opportunities to uncheck the download folder from being emptied during the cleanup process, and a final warning, asking if you really want to delete all of the files. So, where is the real problem? it's with the user not paying attention to what they are doing, when cleaning up drive space.

Edwin said:

Guilty as charged!

But still, the damn folder has no business being in Disk Cleanup!

It is a totally unnatural place for that to be. It is a totally new concept for disk cleanup. It has never, never, been in any MS Disk Cleanup scenario in any version or build ever. The Downloads folder is the users personal data. MS has no business even suggesting it needs to be cleaned up in any manner whatsoever. Microsoft....stay out of my stuff!