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Old September 1st 18, 08:47 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Ken Springer[_2_]
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Default Windows folder excessively large

On 8/30/18 3:07 PM, Nomen Nescio wrote:
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Ken Springer wrote:

I've got a friend with Windows 10 on a recent Dell laptop. He's
currently on the road, so as of this writing, I can't get you the latest
and greatest info about the system. I do know the latest W10 update is
not installed due to insufficient space.

His Windows folder is just over 70GB in size! And his hard drive is
just 120GB, an SSD. The drive in my computer is just over 20GB.


First, I'd look in SVT for orphaned system restore files and in
Advanced Settings for page file size, and /WinSxS/Temp, /Local/Temp
for stuff gumming up the system.

Obviously Win.Old folders holding rollback files can contribute bad
stuff.

Then I'd scan using the free, portable Wise Disk Cleaner and
examine the results it finds.

I might also run DISM to reset the base of updates in case they are
holding a massive file store.

WinDirStat can be helpful as well.


Hi, Nathan,

SVT, as it relates to this issue, is a new one on me.

I shrunk up the pagefile size, and made it a fixed size.

There were no Windows.old folders, that's one of the things I looked for.

I'll have to go and read the DISM stuff, to figure out which command may
fix that.

WinDirStat is downloaded.

Big problem now, is, I can't seem to get my friend interested in doing
this. 2 email about it have gone unanswered. :-(


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