Do I have a SSD "Disk Cleanup" problem

alankearn

I have tried a few times to delete these 3 ticked files a few times without success. I have deliberately put things into the recycle bin to test the cleanup and it cleans the recycle bin out along with other entries but not these 3 ticked items.
What worries me is if I cannot delete these items will they build up over time.
Do I have a problem or is there a solution.
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Thanks

S0litaire

You might have to run that as administrator (if it does not ask you first)

Since most of those temp file would have been created by the admin account and generally a normal user can't delete them, and the system might still be using them.

But don't worry... how big is your c:/ drive? those files are only 200Mb in size, once they reach Gb then you should start to worry...

alankearn

S0litaire wrote: »

You might have to run that as administrator (if it does not ask you first)

Since most of those temp file would have been created by the admin account and generally a normal user can't delete them, and the system might still be using them.

But don't worry... how big is your c:/ drive? those files are only 200Mb in size, once they reach Gb then you should start to worry...

The problem is and I should have pointed it out is
its only a 128gb SSD

S0litaire

Still not a huge issue until it reaches 1-2Gb in size. 126Gb is large enough not to worry to much about space.

Unless you are currently using up 120Gb of the SSD that is!


You can go manually in to the error reporting & temp folders and try to delete things if you're that worried

Strider590

If your having issues with low disk space, then you need to search the drive for large files, often it's something you don't realise is there.

In my case, if I accidentally hit the wrong key combination my GFX card software starts recording the screen to video, this file keeps growing until the drive is full and I have no way of knowing what's going on until everything grinds to a halt.

forgotmyname

If 200MB of files is a worry you need a larger drive.

alankearn

S0litaire wrote: »

Still not a huge issue until it reaches 1-2Gb in size. 126Gb is large enough not to worry to much about space.

Unless you are currently using up 120Gb of the SSD that is!


You can go manually in to the error reporting & temp folders and try to delete things if you're that worried

Got 65.7gb to spare

kwikbreaks

forgotmyname wrote: »

If 200MB of files is a worry you need a larger drive.

In the good old days hard drives were measured in MB not GB and cost an arm and a leg. Times have certainly changed.

alankearn

alankearn wrote: »

I have tried a few times to delete these 3 ticked files a few times without success. I have deliberately put things into the recycle bin to test the cleanup and it cleans the recycle bin out along with other entries but not these 3 ticked items.
What worries me is if I cannot delete these items will they build up over time.
Do I have a problem or is there a solution.
click here

http://postimg.org/image/hdqouszpx/

Thanks

Just an update on this original post

Somehow I have managed to delete everything except the 108 temporary files that have now increased to 122.
I have traced temporary folders via the following paths

%systemdrive%\Windows\Temp
containing 46 files and 1 folder size 2.9mb

%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Temp
containing 217 files and 1 folder size 9.6mb

Is there anywhere else I can find the offending temporary folder that holds the now 122 mb


Thanks

AndyPix

c:\windows\temp
c:\windows\system32\driverstore\temp
c:\windows\winsxs\temp
%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\burn\temp


In fact, just open the root of C and search for TEMP

alankearn

AndyPix wrote: »

c:\windows\temp
c:\windows\system32\driverstore\temp
c:\windows\winsxs\temp
%userprofile%\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\burn\temp


In fact, just open the root of C and search for TEMP

Got results from the top 3 of the 4 you supplied but I have still not found the Temp folder with the 122mb in it.

Thanks for your help