Here's a little complaint about Windows 10. I'll make it TEA related at the end. ![Smiley :)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Take a number. I've got plenty more to pile onto that little complaint.
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Win 10 has a feature called "Storage Sense" that is supposed to automatically free up space on your hard drive. It will automatically delete old temp files, and automatically remove items in your recycle bin that are more than a month old. These two features are fine by me. Windows should always have been cleaning up it's old temp files and if something's been in my recycle bin for a month I am pretty sure I don't need to get it back. There are a couple other features I don't remember the details on right now.
Yeah, temp file diarrhea is pretty bad. But, any kind of auto-deleting by Windows would make me nervous (I have a laptop with Win 10 on it). Afterall, Microsoft is rather notorious for not getting things right the first (second, third) time around.
But it seems they have added a feature that could be dangerous.
Oh, joy!
It can now be set to delete any files in your download folder after 30 days. On my system this was not turned on but I read online that some people have found it turned on. I heard they also added clearing the download folder as an option in the older Disk Cleanup utility.
Brilliant! Mine wasn't on by default (Storage "non-"Sense was generally disabled, too), but Microsoft is also notorious for turning things on that were previously turned off (surprise!), especially after an update. Remember the recent OneDrive file obliteration bug after the Win 10 big update? Ugh!
So if you are someone like me that keeps downloaded stuff permanently in your downloads folder you need to make sure this option is turned off in Storage Sense. We wouldn't want Windows deleting all those test equipment manuals you have downloaded as PDFs and left in your download folder. ![Smiley :)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
Nice segue to TEA territory. I double checked that this "feature" won't knock my manuals and schematics Sense(less) if I fail to move them into my library of folders in time. However, now I'm considering moving all my downloads into a separate folder and pointing my browser to the new location.
The only thing I hate more than having to do work that is better suited to a computer, is when computers try too hard to be smart because they usually turn out really stupid. Grrr!
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Thanks for the heads up on that, Carl.