disk cleanup

how can I delete lots of Msi temp dates? like MSI4ea05.tmp 0 Bit MSI4e639.tmp 0 Bit MSI4ef4a.tmp 0 bit from Win 10?

Hi all, I have a MacBook Pro with Bootcamp, on which I am running Windows 7. I've had it since 2011 and think the system has accumulated a lot of junk over the years. My question is this: I have very little installed on my hard drive but the memory is nearly full and my laptop is being VERY...

Hi. I know how to disable creation of thumbs.db, and now know how to delete them locally (using Disk Cleanup), but some were created on external drives before I had disabled creation of them, and it seems Disk Cleanup isn't able to access these drives. Any advice on deleting all thumbs.db files...

Hello I have a Windows 8 PC and my 500gb C: drive is showing that it is nearly full all of the sudden. It was around 195 GB yesterday and now it is showing 465gb. I looked in the drive to see where all the GB were, but the numbers don't add up. The Windows folder, Program Files, Users, ect all...

We have a user who has an OST file that is 35 GB in size on a system that uses Outlook 2010. They only have 3 GB of free space left on their hard drive and we have cleared the system up as much as possible. They are now having other problems associated with a Windows 7 system on a network that...

Hi, I've a Dell XPS L501X laptop running windows 7. My laptop freezes every time on startup and the only way to stop it from freezing is to go into windows mobility centre right as you get to the desktop and turn wireless off. If wireless connectivity is already turned off it starts up fine...

Hey Windowsforum memebers! I am looking for a Microsoft Windows cleaning utility. Not something like Ccleaner, but sort of a window with all the cleaning tools which are from Microsoft Windows itself.

I was having space problems on my SSD so I checked what is taking up so much space with SpaceMonger and it turns out my Windows folder is 40GB big. How normal is this and how could I get it smaller? I have only had this new SSD with windows for a year. :/

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I used the disc with a generic key to install and my 8 key to activate. All went well but the cleanup system files will not close. It removes bits at a time but the fan is humming and it does not say successful or close. It does chip away so there are a few mbs left. I was hoping to close so I...

For all users satisfaction. I have just run Ccleanerj quite a few of its extra functions selected, and its Regcleaner. after that I ran the built in Clean disk. No ill effects - so far. Use at your peril! By the way. Afterwards I ran the defrag. No blogs or mention of this, but they have done...

Hey folks. I've tried to find a solution to this problem elsewhere but have still found no satisfactory solution. My C drive is 500 Gb, of which 457 are available to use. The folders I have on the C drive total less than 200 Gb, but the drive shows only 40.4 Gb free. When using Tree Size it...

I have VMWare workstation on windows 7 with a virtual machine windows 8. The windows 8 vdmk file was 41GByte.I did a disk cleanup and then the vdmk file was 28Gbyte but the System volume Information folder on windows 7 growed from 152MB to 9,2Gbyte because of one big file inside it.I don't know...

I made my C partition 100GB thinking that i wouldn't need more than that for my windows and users folder, but it turns out that most of the time i am struggling to keep the 10% needed for the windows to function properly. Now while my User folder takes 18GB which is reasonable my Windows folder...

I have 109,522 files (122,143 folders) in my Temporary Internet files in the C:\users\my name\AppData\Local\Temp folder hugging 5.14 GB and slowing down the performance. When I try to delete those temp files: Message: they are system files and deleting them will interfere with Windows. What are...

Hi Everyone, I have an imac. I tried to install windows 7 from boot camp and the WEI for disk drive (SSD) was 7.9 Then I decided to remove mac OS and make it completely windows. So, again using the boot camp I re installed windows. But this time I deleted the mac OS partition. Windows...

Hi Everyone I have a problem in my systems windows 8 as well as 7 system(office system) I think after the disk cleanup some of the special characters play stop pause in my windows 8 lappy music player and arrow marks in the softwares I work are not visible. Instead there will be a box like...

so i was reformatting a computer and the backup i had of it went bad. I was able to use recuva from piriform to get all the pictures back, but what I didn't notice was that it found everything single picture, even from the temp file. So, now I have a 100> Gb folder with every picture ever...

At a basic level choosing to upgrade to the next build in Windows 10 Tech Preview is almost like an upgrade to a new os. This leaves behind such folders as windows.old which usually contain files that were used in your previous version of Windows. If like me you use an SSD then every GB is...

Hi A number of threads on this Forum have addressed the problem of a corrupt Windows 7 Recycle Bin. My problem is that after I have; - Opened an elevated Command Prompt window - Run rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin on ALL of my drives - Checked that the files have indeed gone! - Restarted windows -...