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A Quick Bite on What’s New As Windows users, we know that upgrading to the latest version can be both exciting and daunting. Once you've made the leap to Windows 11 or even Windows 10, you may find yourself looking at remnants of your previous installation—the infamous Windows.old folder. This...

In a world filled with ever-growing files, apps, and the quest for that elusive digital tidiness, it’s no surprise that Windows users sometimes encounter the infamous "Setup needs space to update Windows 11" error. If you've recently been met with this annoying message while trying to install or...

If you find yourself stuck with the dreaded Windows upgrade error code 0x80070428 – 0x3001A, fret not! This error often rears its ugly head during the upgrade process to or from Windows 11. So, if your dream of a seamless operating system transition has turned into a nightmarish hassle, we’ve...

If you’ve ever had that sinking feeling of checking your hard drive only to find it's mysteriously busier than a New York subway at rush hour, you’re not alone. The recent wave of Windows 11 24H2 users are collectively scratching their heads over a “reporting error” that has led to substantial...

In the ever-evolving landscape of Windows 11, the recent rollout of the 24H2 update has stirred up quite a storm. Users have eagerly anticipated this update, only to confront an unwelcome surprise: a staggering 8.6GB of drive space seemingly consumed by cache files that refuse to budge. Let's...

The latest rollout from Microsoft, the Windows 11 update 24H2, is making waves not for its exciting new features, but for an uninvited guest: a hefty cache file that’s nearly 9GB in size and seems to have taken up permanent residence on your system. If you thought the days of cumbersome software...

In the latest update saga for Windows 11, users are reporting a troublesome flaw associated with the recently released 24H2 update—the emergence of an unwelcome and, more distressingly, an undeletable cache that gobbles up a hefty 8.63GB of disk space. This issue is causing quite a stir in the...

In a world where minimalism reigns in software updates, the recent launch of Windows 11 24H2 has raised eyebrows – and storage concerns. Users looking to upgrade their systems are encountering a less-than-pleasant surprise: this update is, quite literally, consuming valuable disk space. The...

As Windows 11 continues to evolve, efficient use of system resources remains critical for optimal performance. One often-overlooked aspect of this optimization is the Delivery Optimization Cache. This cache, which is utilized to enhance the update process, can lead to excessive disk usage over...

Hello Steam or I have messed up my SSD Drive. I have steam installed on 2 drives and after installing a new game, steam put it on the wrong drive somehow. After moving a folder using cut&paste suddenly i have no disc space left. The original Folder that was moved from C to C is gone, but i have...

I had to downgrade to Win 10. Unexpectedly, there was a massive Windows.Old directory created, and it's proving difficult to delete all of it. Although this is my own home PC and I'm the sole user, when I try to delete certain directories or files, I get Access Denied - you need to provide...

Dear Anyone. OK, I know I should know the answer to this but I don't.... I've only got a small C drive. Downloaded from cloud storage a big .RAR that I knew was too big for C, so I had an external drive D: and downloaded it to that. Tried unzipping it (OK - unRARing it!), had 300gig spare on...

on my hard drive, I have three JOB files that have long numerical sequences after them. Each takes up 64 gigabytes on my hard drive. how do I reclaim that space? I have consulted AI and got nothing useful.

Microsoft Edge WebView2 is a UI control that allows developers to embed web content into their Win32 C++, .NET, and WinUI applications. It powers many applications today such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Power BI, and Visual Studio. Earlier this summer, we announced that we were beginning to...

Hi All, I'm having a strange problem I've never encountered before. When I first boot my Win10 machine, I have about 17-18GB of disk storage space. After about 2 hours (often less), my page file has grown considerably to the point where my storage is out of space and my system crashes. A reset...

Hi, when I do a capture image with cmd, create an iso and then install, Windows create 2 folders on the C drive. $WINDOWS.~BT & $WINDOWS.~LS. Can I prevent this?

Windows Server 2016: Why the C drive of a server gets full while neither data nor heavy software are stored or installed in it, I couldn’t figure out why the C drive of a server gets full while neither data nor heavy software are stored or installed in it as per the screenshots below

Hi i was downloading Euro Truck Simulator 2 but in 4.5% showed this error : ISDone.dll ❌ An error occurred while unpacking: unable to write data to disk! Unarc.dll returned An error code : - 11 ERROR: file write operation failed Any thoughts how to fix it?

Hi all, I'm new to the forum. Basically I register mainly to ask this question. I have a older laptop with an older SSD where I installed Windows 10 (Version 21H1, OS Build 19043.1348) on drive C with the diligently maintained 10-12 Gb of free disk space. I rarely install anything new because I...

My pc tells me i have 43 GB available on 185, and i dont even have an app who's taking so much space, i even checked everywhere if some apps where taking a lot of space but with no results at all, what the hell is going on? can somebody help?