I've wandered into the folder of doom, but it doesn't seem to have broken my PC. Should I still run this, just in case? #46
Description
Rundown on how it happened:
I stopped a game from downloading midway through, and I falsely assumed that there would be a half-downloaded game stuck on my PC. Without thinking, I found a tutorial(Someone had posted it on the Microsoft website) on how to delete a half-downloaded game, and it required me to wrestle my way into that dreaded folder.
I had gone into the security settings to grant myself permissions including subfolders, only to find that the half-downloaded game had already been deleted before I got there. I didn't need to barge into that folder after all, so I closed it and thought nothing of it.
Later that day, I read stories about how barging into that folder can break Windows, so I panicked and changed the permissions back to TrustedInstaller including subfolders, with a lot of errors along the way(Failed to enumerate something.)
Rather peculiarly, everything still works fine, as far as I can see. I opened games, the Microsoft Store, and even the calculator, everything opened seemingly without any issues.
I have several questions:
My PC has random freezes/restarts when it's under load, could that somehow be related to me having peeked inside that dreaded folder?
Is it alright if I just move on, as if nothing happened? Or should I utilize this, just in case?
If nothing seems broken on my computer after I messed with permissions, then would this risk breaking something?
Is there some hidden damage currently present from my mistake?
I want to know precisely how screwed I just made myself, even if nothing looks screwed on my PC.
I didn't use the command prompt at all, and that folder isn't on the boot drive, could either of those things be factors in why nothing seems wonky?