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Old July 6th 18, 08:47 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 06/07/2018 16:25, freface wrote:
Win 7 Pro. All updates.

C:\ is full.
Deleted obvious stuff but only got 200MB freed.


what are these "obvious stuff"? Obvious to you may not necessarily free
up enough disk space because you are a person of low intelligence.

Have you deleted everything from the temp folder that is in your profile
at this link:

C:\Users\DummyFace\AppData\Local\Temp You need to change DummyFace to
"freFace" or whatever turns you on.

Googled and got confused.


I am nt surprised. you don't have the necessary intelligence to use
Windows System.


Please a little spoon feeding would help me.


How old are you? Arlen Holder, a known Paedophile can do it for you.
He likes young boys.



I do not see any other large file areas taking up space.


No you can't see them because the Temp folder is hidden.


Suggestions please.


Sure there is another suggestion but try this first. The other solution
will free up about 1GB of space but this has to wait as you like to be
spoon fed.

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Old July 7th 18, 04:21 AM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 20:47:02 +0100, ? Good Guy ?
wrote:

On 06/07/2018 16:25, freface wrote:
Win 7 Pro. All updates.

C:\ is full.
Deleted obvious stuff but only got 200MB freed.


what are these "obvious stuff"? Obvious to you may not necessarily free
up enough disk space because you are a person of low intelligence.

Have you deleted everything from the temp folder that is in your profile
at this link:

C:\Users\DummyFace\AppData\Local\Temp You need to change DummyFace to
"freFace" or whatever turns you on.

Googled and got confused.


I am nt surprised. you don't have the necessary intelligence to use
Windows System.


Please a little spoon feeding would help me.


How old are you? Arlen Holder, a known Paedophile can do it for you.
He likes young boys.



I do not see any other large file areas taking up space.


No you can't see them because the Temp folder is hidden.


Suggestions please.


Sure there is another suggestion but try this first. The other solution
will free up about 1GB of space but this has to wait as you like to be
spoon fed.


format c: should work.
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Old July 7th 18, 12:23 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 7/6/2018 11:21 PM, Lucifer Morningstar wrote:
try this first. The other solution
will free up about 1GB of space but this has to wait as you like to be
spoon fed.


In addition to
C:\Users\DummyFace\AppData\Local\Temp

There are other temp directories you can clean

c:/windows/Temp

c:/windows/temp/softwaredistribution
This directory can become large, especially if you have had installation
failures. I have delete literally thousands of files. It is best to
stop the update feature, but will work if you don't. If you don't,
there are files in /software/datastore that can not be deleted. They
are insignificant relative to the possible files in the other folders

Clear the caches on your browsers.

Delete some of the early restore points.

Delete any *.tmp files

Some programs backup parts of the installtion. Firefox will create
bookmark file backups forever. You need to go into the about:config and
limit it. browser.bookmarks.max_backups

I assume there are others in firefox and other browsers

All unused programs.

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Old July 7th 18, 01:03 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 7/7/2018 7:23 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 7/6/2018 11:21 PM, Lucifer Morningstar wrote:
try this first.Β* The other solution
will free up about 1GB of space but this has to wait as you like to be
spoon fed.


In addition to
C:\Users\DummyFace\AppData\Local\Temp

There are other temp directories you can clean

c:/windows/Temp

c:/windows/temp/softwaredistribution
This directory can become large, especially if you have had installation
failures.Β* I have delete literally thousands of files.Β* It is best to
stop the update feature, but will work if you don't.Β* If you don't,
there are files in /software/datastoreΒ* that can not be deleted.Β* They
are insignificant relative to the possible files in the other folders

Clear the caches on your browsers.

Delete some of the early restore points.

Delete any *.tmp files

Some programs backup parts of the installtion.Β* Firefox will create
bookmark file backups forever.Β* You need to go into the about:config and
limit it.Β* browser.bookmarks.max_backups

I assume there are others in firefox and other browsers

All unused programs.

When I wrote the above I assumed you have used the Disk Clean function
from the Disk Property, and cleaned the disk and system files.

If not this is where you should start

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Old July 7th 18, 01:44 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 07:23:35 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:
In addition to
C:\Users\DummyFace\AppData\Local\Temp

There are other temp directories you can clean

c:/windows/Temp

c:/windows/temp/softwaredistribution


My copy of Windows 7 Home Premium does not have this directory. I
believe you meant

"C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution"

I have 881,877,855 bytes in 30 files and 32 dirs under this one. Are
we sure that it's okay to delete all of them. This won't for example,
cause Windows Update to take many hours next time I run it?


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Old July 7th 18, 01:56 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 7/7/2018 8:44 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 07:23:35 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:
In addition to
C:\Users\DummyFace\AppData\Local\Temp

There are other temp directories you can clean

c:/windows/Temp

c:/windows/temp/softwaredistribution


My copy of Windows 7 Home Premium does not have this directory. I
believe you meant

"C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution"

I have 881,877,855 bytes in 30 files and 32 dirs under this one. Are
we sure that it's okay to delete all of them. This won't for example,
cause Windows Update to take many hours next time I run it?


Yes I stated the wrong path. It is
C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution

Isn't copy paste wonderfull ;-)

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Old July 7th 18, 02:47 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 07/07/2018 08:44 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 07:23:35 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:
In addition to
C:\Users\DummyFace\AppData\Local\Temp

There are other temp directories you can clean

c:/windows/Temp

c:/windows/temp/softwaredistribution


My copy of Windows 7 Home Premium does not have this directory. I
believe you meant

"C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution"

I have 881,877,855 bytes in 30 files and 32 dirs under this one. Are
we sure that it's okay to delete all of them. This won't for example,
cause Windows Update to take many hours next time I run it?


As for Software Distribution: There is a help file from MS that
directed me to delete that folder when I had an error doing a upgrade to
new build on the INsider preview version of 10. Then I was able to run
the get updates and the upgrade worked perfect.

So it should be okay. You sure there is close to a Tera Byte of data
there? Wow.
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/softw...der-in-windows

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Old July 7th 18, 03:19 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 7/7/2018 9:47 AM, Big Al wrote:
On 07/07/2018 08:44 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 07:23:35 -0400, Keith Nuttle wrote:
In addition to
C:\Users\DummyFace\AppData\Local\Temp

There are other temp directories you can clean

c:/windows/Temp

c:/windows/temp/softwaredistribution


My copy of Windows 7 Home Premium does not have this directory.Β* I
believe you meant

"C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution"

I have 881,877,855 bytes in 30 files and 32 dirs under this one. Are
we sure that it's okay to delete all of them. This won't for example,
cause Windows Update to take many hours next time I run it?


As for Software Distribution:Β*Β* There is a help file from MS that
directed me to delete that folder when I had an error doing a upgrade to
new build on the INsider preview version of 10.Β*Β* Then I was able to run
the get updates and the upgrade worked perfect.

So it should be okay.Β* You sure there is close to a Tera Byte of data
there?Β* Wow.
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/softw...der-in-windows

I am the one who suggested deleting files in SoftwareDistribution, and I
can confirm that this folder can take up a lot of space. I never
checked the exact number of bytes, but I know I have spent hours
deleting the files.

One tip for the person with the problem. Before you start deleting
files in this directory, go into the properties of the Recycle bin
properties and check "Don't move files to Recycle bin. Remove files
immediately when deleted" This will make the process go smoothly.

Otherwise the recycle bin will fill up and stall the operation, as it
cleans itself out, or in some cases you have to clean the Recycle Bin
manually.

I routinely do this after a failed update and it never caused a problem.
Just to be safe after the folder has been cleaned run, Update
Troubleshooting. This will reestablish any pointers.



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Old July 7th 18, 03:23 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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"Keith Nuttle" wrote

| There are other temp directories you can clean
|
| c:/windows/Temp
|

Also, C:\TEMP should be checked.

Note, however, that this was originally posted
only in Win7.

Good Guy cross-posted to Win10, apparently
so that he could spread his nastiness further
with less effort. It could be that some things don't
apply to both 7 and 10. (I have SoftwareDistribution
on Win7, but there's only 130 MB in there. I also
have it on XP but that one is less than 2 MB and
seems to be unused.)


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Old July 7th 18, 05:54 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 10:19:55 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

I am the one who suggested deleting files in SoftwareDistribution, and I
can confirm that this folder can take up a lot of space. I never
checked the exact number of bytes, but I know I have spent hours
deleting the files.


Hi Keith,
I'm curious to hear why it took hours to delete those files, when I
think it should have taken less than a minute. Do you have any thoughts
on what was going on?

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Old July 7th 18, 06:57 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 10:19:55 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

I am the one who suggested deleting files in SoftwareDistribution, and I
can confirm that this folder can take up a lot of space. I never
checked the exact number of bytes, but I know I have spent hours
deleting the files.


Hi Keith,
I'm curious to hear why it took hours to delete those files, when I
think it should have taken less than a minute. Do you have any thoughts
on what was going on?


I've experienced this (Win10 SoftwareDistribution) :-)

I think there were more than 8GB of tiny tiny files,
all unpacked in there via some crazy-ass "delta"
Upgrade procedure. I didn't care to count them,
because the deletion operation was already underway.
But it took... forever to finish. Poor I/O performance
on Windows 10, can be chalked up to Windows Defender,
which can interfere with the speed of just about
any operation.

Not all SoftwareDistribution runs are "self-cleaning".
Windows 10 seems to "clean" if the first Upgrade install attempt
fails. There might be a cleaning step thrown in. But there
have been cases, where users are obviously suffering
from an issue where whatever cleaning is supposed to
happen, no longer happens, and that folder gets
bigger and bigger. That wasn't my case. Mine was
a "single case of indigestion", and did not repeat.

Paul
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Old July 7th 18, 07:25 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 7/7/2018 12:54 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 10:19:55 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

I am the one who suggested deleting files in SoftwareDistribution, and I
can confirm that this folder can take up a lot of space. I never
checked the exact number of bytes, but I know I have spent hours
deleting the files.


Hi Keith,
I'm curious to hear why it took hours to delete those files, when I
think it should have taken less than a minute. Do you have any thoughts
on what was going on?

Yes!
First there were many folders, sub folders and files. I have selected
all files in a folder and it has shown 6000 files area being deleted.

Second it was on my tablet which is limited memory and a slow processor.

I found an article mentioned earlier in this thread, and was shocked a
the number of files I found in this folder. When you are deleting that
many files even on a faster computer it takes some time.


The tablet is a touch tablet, which makes makes it a pain to make the
inputs, and I have never found how to do the operation mouse operation
Click, Shift Click to select multiple files on the touch screen.
Even if you do a select all, and delete; with thousands of files you
never know if the system is hung up or is working. (I can be a bit
impatient.) This is how I learned about setting the immediate delete
parameter in the Recycle bin.



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Old July 7th 18, 07:30 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 07/07/2018 15:19, Keith Nuttle wrote:

I am the one who suggested deleting files in SoftwareDistribution, and
I can confirm that this folder can take up a lot of space. I never
checked the exact number of bytes, but I know I have spent hours
deleting the files.


But you forgot to tell the OP, a person of low intelligence, that by
deleting the files in SoftwareDistribution folder he would lose the
history of his updates and as this is very important to him he will
start swearing and cursing at you.

As to exact number of bytes, it shouldn't be a lot if the machine
managed to update it without any problems. The update program should be
able to clean up the leftovers after updating the system. The only time
you need to delete the files is when the update is corrupted and so all
the downloaded files remain in that folder. Don't you think so Mr
Nuttle? Can you give us some more info about this. That paedophile by
the name of Arlen Holder is archiving this on his "tribal whatever"
website and now he's been outed as paedophile. This will be on
permanent record for people to search him out.

England have reached the Semi-Final of the World Cup and now they have a
very good chance of winning it unless the Russians sabotage their food
to prevent them doing so. Russians have piled up "Nerve Agents" to kill
British Citizens as you may know this is well documented from your
background working for them as their Chemical Engineer.


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Old July 7th 18, 07:36 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 07/07/2018 1:25 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 7/7/2018 12:54 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 10:19:55 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote:

I am the one who suggested deleting files in SoftwareDistribution, and I
can confirm that this folder can take up a lot of space.Β*Β* I never
checked the exact number of bytes, but I know I have spent hours
deleting the files.


Hi Keith,
I'm curious to hear why it took hours to delete those files, when I
think it should have taken less than a minute. Do you have any thoughts
on what was going on?

Yes!
First there were many folders, sub folders and files. I have selected
all files in a folder and it has shown 6000 files area being deleted.

Second it was on my tablet which is limited memory and a slow processor.

I found an article mentioned earlier in this thread, and was shocked a
the number of files I found in this folder.Β* When you are deleting that
many files even on a faster computer it takes some time.


The tablet is a touch tablet, which makes makes it a pain to make the
inputs, and I have never found how to do the operation mouse operation
Click, Shift Click to select multiple files on the touch screen.
Even if you do a select all, and delete; with thousands of files you
never know if the system is hung up or is working.Β* (I can be a bit
impatient.)Β* This is how I learned about setting the immediate delete
parameter in the Recycle bin.




Just to make life easier I use a $15 keyboard wit a OTG adapter cable
with my touch tablet.

Rene

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Old July 7th 18, 07:44 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 7/7/2018 2:30 PM, πŸ˜‰ Good Guy πŸ˜‰ wrote:
On 07/07/2018 15:19, Keith Nuttle wrote:

I am the one who suggested deleting files in SoftwareDistribution, and
I can confirm that this folder can take up a lot of space.Β*Β* I never
checked the exact number of bytes, but I know I have spent hours
deleting the files.


But you forgot to tell the OP, a person of low intelligence, that by
deleting the files in SoftwareDistribution folder he would lose the
history of his updates and as this is very important to him he will
start swearing and cursing at you.

As to exact number of bytes, it shouldn't be a lot if the machine
managed to update it without any problems.Β* The update program should be
able to clean up the leftovers after updating the system. The only time
you need to delete the files is when the update is corrupted and so all
the downloaded files remain in that folder. Don't you think so Mr
Nuttle?Β* Can you give us some more info about this.Β* That paedophile by
the name of Arlen Holder is archiving this on his "tribal whatever"
website and now he's been outed as paedophile.Β* This will be on
permanent record for people to search him out.

England have reached the Semi-Final of the World Cup and now they have a
very good chance of winning it unless the Russians sabotage their food
to prevent them doing so.Β* Russians have piled up "Nerve Agents" to kill
British Citizens as you may know this is well documented from your
background working for them as their Chemical Engineer.


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Two things

If the logs in the Datastore folder are not deleted, he will not loose
his update history. To me that does not make any difference so all of
those log files get deleted. The java files? can not be deleted if you
don't turn off the update program.

If you are working in limited disk space as the OP and I are working,
updates fail leaving a lot of garbage.


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