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Android keeps creating unwanted folders

Started Aug 21, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP sacentre Senior Member • Posts: 2,119
Re: Android keeps creating unwanted folders

T0ASTERvan wrote:

I'm under the assumption and based on your description, that this error/doubling of your folders could the fault of the newly installed app. Assuming you never had this issues before the app was installed..

Thanks TOASTERvan

Yes, normally, if a problem appears shortly after some change or newly installed app, it's natural to suspect the problem was initiated because of it.

I've been using the paid Moon Reader Pro app for years but only recently allowed it to update to the latest version. I can't recall if the behaviour was there before I did this.  When I first noticed the behaviour, I deleted Moon Reader including any config or cache folders I could find but the behaviour remained.  I talked to the app developer but he said he could think of nothing in his app that could be causing it.

I then deleted Mood Reader again and ran SD Maid in the hope of finding some "Corpses" (legacy folders left behind from deleted apps) but this made no difference.

Next, I tried several alternative book readers from Google Play in the hope of overwriting whatever might be causing it but this didn't fix the problem. These apps were then deleted before re-installing Moon Reader Pro again.

Bottom line is if I uninstall Moon Reader, delete my entire book folder tree, reformat the SD, those same four folders get created.

It's possible in all that one of those apps left behind a settings file but I can't find it. I've explored both the internal and external cards using Root Explorer in the hope of spotting some likely looking file or folder containing cache or config data but it's got me beat.

Thanks again.

Trevor

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