capabilityaccessmanager

Windows 11 users who have watched their free SSD space mysteriously disappear may finally have an explanation—and, more importantly, a fix. Microsoft’s July 2026 cumulative update addresses a defect that allowed CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal, an ordinarily small system database log, to swell...

Windows 11 KB5101650 now includes Microsoft’s fix for a runaway CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file that has consumed tens or even hundreds of gigabytes on some PCs. The mandatory July 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday update moves Windows 11 25H2 to build 26200.8875 and Windows 11 24H2 to build...

Microsoft’s June 23, 2026 preview update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 addresses a storage bug in which the hidden CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file could reportedly swell from megabytes into tens, hundreds, and in some cases roughly 500GB on the system drive. The fix, documented...

Microsoft’s June 23, 2026 preview update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 fixes a storage leak in CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal, a hidden write-ahead log under ProgramData that could quietly swell from kilobytes into tens or hundreds of gigabytes on affected PCs. The bug is not glamorous...

A Windows 11 storage bug tied to the Capability Access Manager database can cause the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file under C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager to grow from a normally tiny log into tens, hundreds, and in one widely circulated case more than 500GB, with...

Microsoft’s June 23, 2026 optional Windows 11 preview update, KB5095093, includes a fix for runaway disk usage tied to CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal, a background database log used by the Capability Access Manager service to track app access to privacy-sensitive hardware and permissions. That...

Microsoft has fixed a Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 bug that could break Explorer, Start, Search, Settings, the taskbar, and other XAML-dependent shell components on some provisioned enterprise PCs, with the repair beginning in the June 23, 2026 preview update KB5095093 and expected to reach broader...