Okay. Here goes my first Piriform forum post (Hope this goes as well as I imagine) **I have attached a zipped folder (Due to file size restrictions) with: - My computer's specifications using "Speccy" (To give everyone a little info about my setup)
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- A text file containing the duplicate list results using the "Tools" function in "CCleaner"
(Thinking "this HAS to be part of my problem" You'll see....) Speccy+txtfile.zip
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Back Story
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I have a Dell desktop that's about 10 or more years old. I have put it through a bunch of reinstalls that caused a folder (called windows.old) that took me forever to delete each time. Not sure if I should or shouldn't have deleted it but I made the choice of doing so due to hard drive space restrictions. Then at some point, I had a worm virus due to unidentified and unwanted activity from my 4 other siblings. It got so bad at a certain point that I wasn't even sure If I would be able to bring my computer back to its full capabilities and functionalities. I basically thought I would have to get rid of it completely.
At this point, I recently moved and just set it all back up. I'm living alone now and don't have to worry about other people using the computer. So I was feeling very good about getting all of my stuff that I had accumulated on a temporary laptop between my moving period. Kind of like a "new beginning" type feeling. I'm sure everyone reading this can relate. You have your personal flash drive with all of your beloved files that you want to kind of sort through and delicately place in their perspective folders onto your nice new computer.
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The Problem
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Now that you have some back story... I've just recently been trying to download a couple of add-on files for Microsoft Word.exe and kept getting this error message:
"A file that is required cannot be installed because the cabinet file C:\Users\Steven\AppData\Local\PackageCache\{F7C0146C-30D1-4DB5-9D84-D02453CA6BBB}V6.5.85\GrammarlyAddinFiles.cab has an invalid digital signature. This may indicate that the cabinet file is corrupt." So I checked to see what was up and as weird as it sounds I don't have a folder in my personal user folder called "AppData" so I'm sitting in awe. After a while, I said ok fine. I moved on. But it was the last straw when today I go to download a program, a simple .exe program that I should not have had a problem at all with downloading. And I'm sure everyone knows what I'm talking about when your D/L'ing something and you can see the files being installed as the progress bar fills up. When all of a sudden it's at the very end and the progress bar just freezes and I notice that the specific path for the file that it froze on was very very similar to the path in the error message above. So I obviously have a HUGE issue/problem. I know that it has something to do with the "AppData" folder but I'm not an expert. But for its age I think my computer is pretty nice and getting rid of it, is something I would like to make a last resort. I'll try anything at this point to resolve the issue. Any input feedback or anything of that could help me get this squared away would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Guys! Regards,
Steven Mooney. PS: Don't forget if you have a question to first check out the attached txt files I've provided below Thanks again!
Speccy+txtfile.zip