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The Provtool.exe is broken

Anonymous
2021-11-10T10:52:14+00:00

I guess Provtool.exe broken it makes copies like madness is this normal. I Saw it Youtube form Britec09

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  1. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-11-10T21:45:02+00:00

    Hi FellScarab54245

    Thank you for the clarification, this is a long known bug in Windows 10 also for a long time, and Microsoft have never provided an explanation or patch to fix this bug.

    Those folders will not affect the Windows system, you can safely delete all those temp folders and in the meantime, please open the Feedback Hub and provide this information to the Windows developers there.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-11-10T21:23:01+00:00

    I found it at C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local

    it's hard to explain i saw it on a video form Youtube by Britec09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfWduzoQImU

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  2. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-11-10T11:44:30+00:00

    Hi FellScarab54245

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Where exactly on your PC are those temp folders being created, and what software are you using when those folders are created?

    Open a couple of those folders, are there files inside the folders, if so, please provide a screenshot of the contents of one of those folders.

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