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FOUND A SHIT TON OF CAB FILES IN TEMP FOLDER WINDOWS 10

The more relevant question is 'How long does it take to find that file you misplaced?' The more files you have, the longer it takes. Given the cheap nature of mass storage (about $20 per TB for typical HDD), packrats like me store everything.

So use the comments to share your own answers and insights. Maybe we can all solve this mystery together. I could only think of one crazy explanation, but my router answered "No, the computer is not checking all of the files on the Internet." So I've already asked the specific question in three-letter form, but the broader question is about the explosive, perhaps even cancerous, "population growth" of files these days. Obviously there is some kind of disagreement about the nature of "file" here. Really? The progress bar indicates about 80% finished? WTF? It's still running a day later and has already passed 10 million files.

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For twisted grins, I had invoked the full scan. (2) However, I also decided to take a look with Microsoft's malicious software removal tool and got a completely different answer. (My largest database only has about 5,000 records, but it's just a few files.) The largest project I have on the machine only has about 3,000 files, and that one goes back many years. That's already ridiculous, but the expected par these days. (1) Using the right click on properties for all of the top-level folders on the drive (including the so-called hidden folders), it quickly determined that there are a few hundred thousand files in those folders (and a few hundred thousand subfolders). Here are the two data points in front of me:

FOUND A SHIT TON OF CAB FILES IN TEMP FOLDER WINDOWS 10

With some time on their hands, long-time Slashdot reader shanen began exploring the question: How many files does my Windows 10 computer have?īut then they realized "It would also be interesting to compare the weirdness on other OSes."