Latest Windows patches and the update wiped out my files and folders
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Hello
Please continue with the following steps to support...
Check this location "C:\Users\Username\. Do you think your user account and the appropriate information? I wonder if you used the recovery partition to restore your computer to the default settings.
-Perform a system restore before installing the update.
I hope that this information is beneficial.
Thank you
Aaron
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