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Actuarial Fables
Jul 29, 2014

Taco Defender
When doing a Windows Reset, your user profile folder ( c:\Users\UserName ) is saved, so Documents, Music, Videos, Pictures, and any other files and folders that might be in there are retained.
However, the hidden AppData folder is moved to c:\windows.old. The data is still there though, so you can move some stuff back in if you need.

Applications will be fully uninstalled, as the c:\Program Files and c:\Program Files (x86) folders are not saved when doing a reset. A Windows Reset is basically doing a reinstall except a few folders are put aside then put back in once the install is done. You will be given a list of what applications were removed though, so you don't have to remember what you had. (The list is pretty much what you see in the Programs and Features control panel).

I don't know the situation over there, but might be a good idea to recommend to her to put a password on her computer. Additionally, if her pictures are important, have her look into backing them up so that if something like this happens again - but worse - she won't lose those files at least.

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