Re: Weird Windows 8.1 issue (advice needed)

Subject: Re: Weird Windows 8.1 issue (advice needed)
From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 16:12:11 -0500

Rebooted again and my user profile all came back.

It has been a long time since I've run CHKDSK, though, so that's an
excellent suggestion.

On Mar 2, 2017 3:49 PM, "Robert Lauriston" <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:

> Did you install any software since the last reboot? Have you checked
> the disk for errors?
>
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 11:43 AM, Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
> > Yes, it's 8.1. Believe, I would have known if it was an automatic Win 10
> > upgrade (been there, done that on wife's system).
> >
> > I suspect something obliterated my user AppData subfolder structure. All
> > signs point to that. Fortunately, I'm backed up.
> >
> > But how in the world did a simple reboot choose to do that all on its
> own?
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References:
Weird Windows 8.1 issue (advice needed): From: Chris Morton
Re: Weird Windows 8.1 issue (advice needed): From: Robert Lauriston
Re: Weird Windows 8.1 issue (advice needed): From: Chris Morton
Re: Weird Windows 8.1 issue (advice needed): From: Robert Lauriston

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