admin cleanup

About this tag
The admin cleanup tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about elevated system maintenance tasks in Windows, particularly around storage management and temporary file removal. Recent content highlights how Windows 11 update KB5074105 introduced a User Account Control (UAC) prompt when accessing Storage settings, which can hide admin-only cleanup categories unless Settings is run with elevated privileges. This change impacts automation scripts and manual cleanup workflows that previously worked without elevation. The tag also touches on related workarounds and the broader implications for system administration, including how updates affect access to cleanup tools and the need for administrative rights to fully clear temporary files.
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    Windows 11 KB5074105 Storage UAC: Cleanup impact and automation workarounds

    Microsoft’s January preview update for Windows 11 — identified as KB5074105 (OS Build 26200.7705) — quietly hardens access to the Storage settings by invoking User Account Control (UAC) when you open Settings > System > Storage, and that change has a direct, practical side effect: the Temporary...
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