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    How do I change which drive Win10 unzips things to?

    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...
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    Windows 11 mysql not starting

    2022-12-17 12:13:59 0 [Note] InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use Windows interlocked functions 2022-12-17 12:13:59 0 [Note] InnoDB: Uses event mutexes 2022-12-17 12:13:59 0 [Note] InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.12 2022-12-17 12:13:59 0 [Note] InnoDB: Number of pools: 1 2022-12-17 12:13:59 0...
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    Windows 10 Is It Safe to Delete Old Files from My Tmp Folder?

    I have a bunch of files in a tmp folder from 2019. Is it ok to dump them? One site (MSN) said ok but just double-checking. Thanks.
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 (latest) updates ate up my disk space?

    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...
  6. Disk cleanup in Windows 10

    Learn how to run a disk cleanup in Windows 10 including deleting temporary and system files to free up disk space. Continue reading...
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    Windows 10 IE Temporary Files

    I am confused. In my Windows 10 installation I sometimes browse the web with Firefox, other times with Chrome. I never use (or have used or will use) Internet Explorer. I have never opened it for any reason. Yet when I go to clean up my installation, there are "temporary IE files." I don't...
  8. Windows 10 Exploring New Issues with Windows 10 1809: Persistent Temp Folders and Hive Events

    Hi folks, 1809 broke a few unexpected things and I'll post if interested. A drag I find myself spending 3 hours or so checking the things that [previous versions broke or reset to then list the new issues. But for now, this one seems interesting and is brand new with 1809: After 15-20 minutes...
  9. Windows 10 windows file explorer

    i have a lot of filed in file explorer that I cant delete they have 0 bites they live in c/user/rkfr/local/temp I have also tried to delete them in file explorer in safe mode how can I get rid of these? rkf also these are numbers and letters
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    Windows 7 Help with (re)-Installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 on Samsung SSD.

    Ok, I have received at beat-down trying to install this ssd. Where I am at now. So, put in the ssd, but left my existing hard-drive in (wd caviar black 1TB) as I want to use the ssd for booting and the hdd for storage, etc. I did a clean install from my dvd of Windows 7. The problem I have now...
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    Windows 7 The action can't be completed because the file is open in Microsoft Word

    This is happening with one specific word doc (a book of mine) over last few weeks. It will open but I cant delete, rename or move it. I really need to get rid of it as it is preventing me from saving newer versions - even if I alter the name for the new version!!. It seems like it is picking up...
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    Windows 8 Cannot install win 8 iso

    I downloaded win 8 iso and burnt it to a dvd, went into bios and selected boot from cd/dvd. It starts (loading files......) loads twice, then screen goes blank. Left it for 3+ hours screen still blank. Re-started pc, (I have Vista Home Premium) inserted iso disc, run setup.exe, hit install now...
  13. Windows 10 wHERE HAS MY DISK SPACE GONE ?

    Hi, I seen a few posts relating to disks with less space than anticipated - but think I have gone through the suggestions. I have an older ACER X1301 which has been upgraded to W8 then W10 and with an SSD instead of the HDD. When I installed the SSD I thought I had a 'C' drive with approx...
  14. Windows 7 Windows Movie Maker temp and Libraries locations.

    Hey, couple of quick questions here. So, I have my Windows installed on C drive, as well as a few other things, and I don't install other things there because it is quite full, only half a gig space left. I was recently using WMM and it gave me messages that C drive was almost out of space, and...
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    Windows 7 Quickly decreasing hard drive memory

    I have downloaded some movies to a thumb drive the last couple months and notice my hard drive space is decreasing quickly even though the download is going to an exterior flash drive. Is there a temporary memory place somewhere on my hard drive storing this data? I want to delete it if so.
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 temporary files

    I keep getting a nagging pop up suggesting I remove temporary files and delete the old Windows installation. I am not sure why I would want to do this, particularly if I wanted to revert to Windows 7 within the 1 month allowed by Microsoft ?
  17. Windows 10 Accidentally moved all my folders.

    I was trying to make hidden files appear, but I made a huge mistake and I unfortunately don't know what I did. When I was on the properties tab inside the users folder, I checked the box where it says hidden. I accepted everything about permissions, iirc, then it started a loading window doing...
  18. Windows 10 Has anyone else noticed that Internet Explorer 11 hasn't worked right lately ?

    Since this past Tuesday, has anyone else noticed that Internet Explorer 11 hasn't worked properly since this past Tuesday? Edge works fine, but if you try to go to any websites in IE including Bing, it just doesn't work. I've run the troubleshooters for everything to do with networking. I've run...
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    Windows 7 SSD Free Space Issue

    I have Win 7 Pro 64bit installed on a SSD 250GB along with my Programs and Data on a second SATA Hard Drive. Recently when I looked at my C: SSD from My Computer, I noticed the Used Space Bar was Red and I only had a small value of Free Space left (13GB). I used CCleaner to clean up Temporary...
  20. Windows 10 delite MSI .temp Datei

    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?