My Windows 8 broken down - after the blue logo showed, the screen was just black. I decided to refresh the installation, it went well and the Windows started as a fresh installation (no configuration there, etc.)
All files were moved to Windows.old. There were all directories I had on C drive - Downloads, Program Files, etc. I run one app in directory Windows.old/Program Files to ensure it works well.
I set the PC to sleep, and when I woke it up, I found out that almost all directories from the Windows.old are gone (I didn't do anything). And it seems that all directories which were in Windows.old moved to C drive, so now I have back my Downloads directory in C, my desktop icons, settings, etc.
That should be great, but programs from Program Files are gone. It was somehow deleted, but I don't understand why, because before it worked ok. Is it possible to recover those files that were in windows.old/Program Files/ ..?
They aren't in recycle bin, I'm trying to recover them somehow now.
Disk Cleanup
by chance?Refresh
wouldn't have moved your files to that directory. Are you sure they are not located in theProgram Files
directory?