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Nasty multiple scoped_dir directories in Program Files

Open riva-lab opened this issue 4 months ago • 1 comments

Steps to reproduce

  1. Used desktop Element version: 1.11.109
  2. RSS bot added.
  3. In Program Files many dirs like scoped_dir4243_2344334323 appear from time to time, but no one is deleted.
  4. There is bot logo image inside this dirs.

Outcome

What did you expect?

No scoped_dir in Program Files. If these are temporary files, they should be located in some special temp directory, like c:\windows\temp or similar. And they should be deleted after expiring.

What happened instead?

Huge amount of nasty scoped_dir directories in Program Files.

Operating system

Windows x64

Application version

Element version: 1.11.109

How did you install the app?

No response

Homeserver

No response

Will you send logs?

No

riva-lab avatar Aug 25 '25 19:08 riva-lab

This sounds like an upstream issue with Chromium https://issues.chromium.org/issues/42323359. The reproduction steps seem to match the complaints although the upstream issue has been closed due to inactivity (fantastic /s).

Half-Shot avatar Aug 26 '25 07:08 Half-Shot