Question Deleting a folder from AppData LocalLow?

[WebWaves]

Hi, I was having an issue with a game and I read online to go to the AppData folder, LocalLow folder and delete the folder inside there with the game name on after uninstalling the game.

I did this and the LocalLow repopulated with the folder again and the game works well now.

Did I do any damage to my system? Online I see that whilst the folder in LocalLow had the game name on, deleting it could affect other apps and files? Is this true?

Do I need to worry?

Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

Be very very careful about deleting stuff like that.
Online recommendations for things like this are often very wrong.

If it repopulated, you're almost certainly fine.

But there are a LOT of very incorrect tutorials like this.
Some will render the whole OS invalid.

 

[WebWaves]

Be very very careful about deleting stuff like that.
Online recommendations for things like this are often very wrong.

If it repopulated, you're almost certainly fine.

But there are a LOT of very incorrect tutorials like this.
Some will render the whole OS invalid.

okay thanks, I didn’t realise how serious the folder was until afterwards as it took me through the run command so didn’t realise they were hidden folders. 😅

 

[USAFRet]

okay thanks, I didn’t realise how serious the folder was until afterwards as it took me through the run command so didn’t realise they were hidden folders. 😅

Don't run scripts like that unless you personally know what each line does.
And then, verify with some other human.

 

[WebWaves]

Don't run scripts like that unless you personally know what each line does.
And then, verify with some other human.

Okay thank you so much. Do I need to do anything? Hope I’ve not buggered it up. I could reformat the disk and start over?

 

[USAFRet]

Okay thank you so much. Do I need to do anything? Hope I’ve not buggered it up. I could reformat the disk and start over?

As said, you're probably OK.

Leave it alone, until and unless something else happens.

 

[WebWaves]

As said, you're probably OK.

Leave it alone, until and unless something else happens.

Okay cheers, thanks for your help. 🙏