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.
Background...
app relocation
appdata
backup and restore
cachecleanup
component store
disk cleanup
dism
dismhost
sfc
silentcleanup
storage
storage sense
system maintenance
task scheduler
temporary files
windirstat
windows
windows.old
wiztree
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...
build 9879
cachecleanup
default associations
enterprise iso
error message
icon rebuild
ie reset
installation problem
operating system
refresh issue
shortcuts
software upgrade
system refresh
tech support
troubleshooting
user experience
windows 8
windows 8.1
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...