Draugoth Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Today i noticed that when i tried to start Vortex the following message would open up: "Your Vortex Installation has been corrupted. This could be a result of a virus of manual manipulation. Vortex might still appear to work (partially) but we suggest you reinstall it" I reinstalled Vortex and cleaned all releated files, but after going to my computer Users/AppData/Local/Temp folder and cleanming the temp files (which happend to have some Vortex files) the installation broke again, Is there any critical temp files for Vortex and a way to avoid this? Because i clean my computer temp files regularly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortexposer Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Shouldn't be. I just wiped mine and nothing affected its boot up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draugoth Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) Shouldn't be. I just wiped mine and nothing affected its boot up. Is there anything else on the Appdata Folder that could be causing this issue? Edit: I think i know what happend. There's a Vortex Updater Folder at Appdata with a 150mb installer archive. Is it safe to delete that file and leave the folder? Edited September 26, 2023 by Draugoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortexposer Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) That one would probably be important to leave alone unless clearing for a reset after full uninstall.Likely failed when Vortex forced an update earlier today.. prompting manual manipulation trigger. Edited September 26, 2023 by vortexposer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickysaurus Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 It's not a great idea to poke around in the AppData folder, that the "brain" of Vortex and it expects certain files not to be tampered with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted34304850 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 why do you "clean" your appdata folder?what do you gain from doing that?is this one of those snake-oil "make your system faster" bullshit programs telling you to do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortexposer Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 I vaguely remember Tannin explicitly questioning my intelligence after randomly ranting about how Vortex liked to hide folders in different places.I'd only clear old files out to properly set up clean install tests - for science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deleted34304850 Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 stuff in appdata isnt hidden that directory, as its name suggests is for applications installed on a system to store files they need in order to operate correctly.the only time i would suggest going in and "cleaning" it is if/when a program has been removed completely off the system. you can remove any remnants from appdata reasonably safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickysaurus Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 If you're really struggling for HDD space on C:\ you should first move your staging folder and download folders through the Vortex Settings UI. These will be the things that take up a lot of space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draugoth Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 why do you "clean" your appdata folder? Empty Folders It's not a great idea to poke around in the AppData folder, that the "brain" of Vortex and it expects certain files not to be tampered with. I assumed that this folder was just a copy of the original installation file. But since this was the root of the issue, i will leave it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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