Strange folders containing datastore files in Windows 10
As I'm cleaning up my Windows 10 installation for a complete reinstall, I stumbled upon several folders with names like !!4072, ~~45AF, !!47CD, !!47A3, ~~46CA, &c.
The ~~-folders only were found in folders already containing a !!-folder: it seems that once there is a folder with the !!-prefix, another one with a ~~-prefix is generated.
They are located in ..UserLocal Settings, ..UserApplication Data, ..UserAppdataLocal, ..UserAppdataRoaming, ..UserDesktop, and c:Windows.
but not, for example, in ..UserDocuments, ..UserFavourites, ..UserRoaming.
Every single one of these contains four files, all named datastore, with four distinct extensions: .csv, .jpg, .pdf, and .txt.
Both the .csv and .txt files contain five rows of
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam
nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat,
sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea
rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem
ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur
sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam
et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea
takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor
invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.
At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita
kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet."
The .txt file does not have the quotation marks.
The .jpg is an image of 500 x 500 pixels of the extension letters against a warm red background:
The .pdf contains the following text:
The only two pages I was able to find (searching for ' "datastore.csv" "datastore.pdf" ') that seem to address this phenomenon, are a Microsoft forums thread, and a seemingly auto-generated list of problems from a Microsoft Community thread.
Does anyone have any idea what generated these?
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asked Jan 25 at 12:58
JoachimJoachim
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As I'm cleaning up my Windows 10 installation for a complete reinstall, I stumbled upon several folders with names like !!4072, ~~45AF, !!47CD, !!47A3, ~~46CA, &c.
The ~~-folders only were found in folders already containing a !!-folder: it seems that once there is a folder with the !!-prefix, another one with a ~~-prefix is generated.
They are located in ..UserLocal Settings, ..UserApplication Data, ..UserAppdataLocal, ..UserAppdataRoaming, ..UserDesktop, and c:Windows.
but not, for example, in ..UserDocuments, ..UserFavourites, ..UserRoaming.
Every single one of these contains four files, all named datastore, with four distinct extensions: .csv, .jpg, .pdf, and .txt.
Both the .csv and .txt files contain five rows of
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam
nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat,
sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea
rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem
ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur
sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam
et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea
takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor
invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.
At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita
kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet."
The .txt file does not have the quotation marks.
The .jpg is an image of 500 x 500 pixels of the extension letters against a warm red background:
The .pdf contains the following text:
The only two pages I was able to find (searching for ' "datastore.csv" "datastore.pdf" ') that seem to address this phenomenon, are a Microsoft forums thread, and a seemingly auto-generated list of problems from a Microsoft Community thread.
Does anyone have any idea what generated these?
windows-10
asked Jan 25 at 12:58
JoachimJoachim
1057
add a comment |
As I'm cleaning up my Windows 10 installation for a complete reinstall, I stumbled upon several folders with names like !!4072, ~~45AF, !!47CD, !!47A3, ~~46CA, &c.
The ~~-folders only were found in folders already containing a !!-folder: it seems that once there is a folder with the !!-prefix, another one with a ~~-prefix is generated.
They are located in ..UserLocal Settings, ..UserApplication Data, ..UserAppdataLocal, ..UserAppdataRoaming, ..UserDesktop, and c:Windows.
but not, for example, in ..UserDocuments, ..UserFavourites, ..UserRoaming.
Every single one of these contains four files, all named datastore, with four distinct extensions: .csv, .jpg, .pdf, and .txt.
Both the .csv and .txt files contain five rows of
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam
nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat,
sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea
rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem
ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur
sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam
et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea
takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor
invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.
At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita
kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet."
The .txt file does not have the quotation marks.
The .jpg is an image of 500 x 500 pixels of the extension letters against a warm red background:
The .pdf contains the following text:
The only two pages I was able to find (searching for ' "datastore.csv" "datastore.pdf" ') that seem to address this phenomenon, are a Microsoft forums thread, and a seemingly auto-generated list of problems from a Microsoft Community thread.
Does anyone have any idea what generated these?
windows-10
asked Jan 25 at 12:58
JoachimJoachim
1057
As I'm cleaning up my Windows 10 installation for a complete reinstall, I stumbled upon several folders with names like !!4072, ~~45AF, !!47CD, !!47A3, ~~46CA, &c.
The ~~-folders only were found in folders already containing a !!-folder: it seems that once there is a folder with the !!-prefix, another one with a ~~-prefix is generated.
They are located in ..UserLocal Settings, ..UserApplication Data, ..UserAppdataLocal, ..UserAppdataRoaming, ..UserDesktop, and c:Windows.
but not, for example, in ..UserDocuments, ..UserFavourites, ..UserRoaming.
Every single one of these contains four files, all named datastore, with four distinct extensions: .csv, .jpg, .pdf, and .txt.
Both the .csv and .txt files contain five rows of
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam
nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat,
sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea
rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem
ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur
sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et
dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam
et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea
takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor
invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.
At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita
kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit
amet."
The .txt file does not have the quotation marks.
The .jpg is an image of 500 x 500 pixels of the extension letters against a warm red background:
The .pdf contains the following text:
The only two pages I was able to find (searching for ' "datastore.csv" "datastore.pdf" ') that seem to address this phenomenon, are a Microsoft forums thread, and a seemingly auto-generated list of problems from a Microsoft Community thread.
Does anyone have any idea what generated these?
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