Windows 10 Microsoft.Windows.Search folder is getting too big.

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All of a sudden the folder %appdata%\local\packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\appCache\AC\L26GZYKG folder is filling up with folders numbering from 1 to 10,000! Each folder is around 4MB and it filled up my harddrive so Windows could not start. I have turned off Windows Search in Services but it still persists. Can anyone help before I have to reinstall Windows and all my applications? I do not have a restore point that I can go back to. It is Windows 10, 22H2 with all the updates.

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