Auto-created directories

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|Stores data and cache created by Android apps, and this may appear if you use Windows Subsystem for Android.
 
|Stores data and cache created by Android apps, and this may appear if you use Windows Subsystem for Android.
 
|Google/AOSP Android
 
|Google/AOSP Android
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|/.Spotlight-V100
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|Stores spotlight index data
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|Apple macOS, iOS, and iPadOS
 
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Revision as of 22:05, 24 November 2021

This page demonstrates all of the usually hidden directories and files that are automatically created by the OS when you plug in a storage device.

Path Description OS that makes it
/System Volume Information Usually inaccessible to Windows users without proper command line stuff, to access this, plug this into a Mac, Chromebook, or Linux computer. Microsoft Windows
/$RECYCLE.BIN Stores files currently in the recycle bin in Windows Microsoft Windows
/.Trashes Ditto as above, but for Apple macOS, iOS, and iPadOS Apple macOS, iOS, and iPadOS
/LOST.DIR Stores data when Android has a problem Google/AOSP Android
/Android Stores data and cache created by Android apps, and this may appear if you use Windows Subsystem for Android. Google/AOSP Android
/.Spotlight-V100 Stores spotlight index data Apple macOS, iOS, and iPadOS
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