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Old win 10 computer died, files accessible, program not. How to transfer profile to new PC?

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My Win10 laptop was murdered by a M'soft update. I had to reinstall Win10 which removed all the old programs, but I saved the data. How do I locate/transfer/utilize my old profile, folders and mail on my new Win10 laptop?

My Win10 laptop was murdered by a M'soft update. I had to reinstall Win10 which removed all the old programs, but I saved the data. How do I locate/transfer/utilize my old profile, folders and mail on my new Win10 laptop?

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Did you save the hidden appdata folder when you saved your data? if not do you have a Windows.old folder in the C: drive

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Did you save the hidden appdata folder when you saved your data? if not do you have a Windows.old folder in the C: drive