Clearing Windows 11’s growing pile of cache and temporary files is one of the simplest, highest-ROI maintenance tasks a user or IT pro can perform — it frees gigabytes of storage, reduces odd performance glitches, and keeps modern AI-driven features responsive as your workload grows.
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If your AppData folder is ballooning and consuming valuable disk space, this guide walks through four practical fixes — from safe, built‑in cleanups to targeted troubleshooting for runaway temp producers — and explains the trade‑offs and safeguards every Windows user should know.
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The latest Windows 11 update, version 24H2, has thrown a curveball at users, presenting an unexpected headache in the form of a gargantuan 8.63GB Windows Update cleanup cache that has proven to be anything but easy to eliminate. If you're one of the many bewildered by this bloated cache file...
After installing build 9879, I have the issue of some shortcuts turning generic.
Icon Rebuild , Restore default associations of ico, browser cache cleanup, IE reset, none of those work.
So, I did a Refresh.
After an hour, it came back with these messages..................
"There was a problem...
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Hi,
I've a Dell Inspiron Laptop with Windows 7,
it usually completes booting (after loading all the start up softs) in 35-40 seconds,
but few weeks back I gave my laptop for service (keyboard replacement due to a jammed key) and when I got it back it,
It takes around 80-100 seconds to complete...