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I have two drives in my computer, one SSD and one HDD, but the SSD was getting full so I moved %AppData% to the HDD to save space, using a symlink to link them, and navigating to %AppData% successfully redirects me. The problems I now have are:

  • All taskbar icons are missing shortcuts, which isn't that bad, but the Explorer and Cortana icons don't create a popup when left-clicking them (right-click works correctly)
  • File search doesn't work and can't even type into the box (not a problem with the mouse)

I'm not sure what this could be caused by and have tried:

# returns no errors
  Sfc /ScanNow

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth


Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}

I also had a crash two days ago and something happened to the languages installed, as an uninstalled language was still being used, and I thought I fixed this, but looks to be back

JW0914
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RadiantMin3
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Try to find more information in the Event Viewer.

But in general, moving the AppData folder to another drive is a cause for system instability. Not for nothing has Microsoft made it a hidden folder.

I would suggest moving AppData back to its place, hoping that you have not damaged any sensible folder permissions. If the instability is not fixed, Do a Repair Install of Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade.

harrymc
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