On 9/3/18 10:04 AM, Nomen Nescio wrote:
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Ken Springer wrote:

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.

That's a typo... SVI... home to System Restore.

C:\windows\SoftwareDistribution... don't touch that unless you
see software that is no longer installed.

It would be worth running Win's "Disk Cleanup" (as Administrator)
to see what Win things is safe to remove.

That's been run already, but not as administrator. I'll put it on the
list for our next get together.


WinSxS

I just cleared 10GB of junk in WinSxS/PendingRenames...

In a command window...

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore

followed by...

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

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Nathan

DISM as administrator?


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