Resolve the issue of a missing Trusted Installer on Windows 11 that controls the entire drive.
Resolve the issue of a missing Trusted Installer on Windows 11 that controls the entire drive.
It seems the Windows Trusted Installer has taken over parts of your games folder from a previous installation. The issue is that this affects areas you didn’t intend to modify, and you’re concerned about losing Steam files. There’s no straightforward fix without reformatting the drive, but you might explore recovery options or restore from backups. Let me know how you’d like to proceed. Thanks, Harry Voyager
I aimed to move my Windows Games to another location, but it seems the system has taken over about 200-300GB of hidden folders on my games library drive. It won’t let them show up or delete anything, and neither Steam nor the installers can help. Windows is acting like it’s upset about it. There were also folders like WindowsApps, Programs, and others that I eventually claimed and cleared (around 100-200GB). It looks like there’s even more stuff hidden. Right now it might be better to use a separate drive just for the game installs, so I can store my Steam library temporarily while I reformat the problematic drive and isolate any Windows files. It seems whenever Microsoft gets involved, everything becomes a confusing mess.
Already tried it. Disabling the "Hide protected operating system files" only shows $RECYCLE.BIN and System Volume Information, but both are empty. I think removing the System Volume Info would trigger some issues.