Appdata directory bloat
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Description
I've been doing some cleanup of my computer storage and found that my fman appdata directory has been bloated with 20+GB of data.
Upon inspection I can see a copy of some of the largest directories I regularly browse in within fman itself in the C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\fman\Versions\1.5.6\ directory
I'm currently on fman1.5.6 on windows 10.
appdata_bloat.log
Attached is the result of running tree on the directory
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported storage growth on Windows 10 and inspect C:\Users<user>\AppData\Local\fman\Versions\1.5.6\ alongside the attached appdata_bloat.log. Done means determining why browsed directories are copied there and preventing unintended accumulation of that data.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100