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Hello

I’m running out of space on my system drive, but in the "USERS" directory I find a whole collection of subdirectories named DEFAULTUSER100000.yourpcname.000 to 007, another series DEFAULTUSER100001, etc. Some are empty but others can take up to 33 MB.

What are these folders for and especially can they be deleted.

Thanks in advance

OldNik

3 answers

  1.  fabul Moderator

    Hello,

    I can’t explain the reason for their presence, otherwise perhaps during startup on a temporary profile, ?

    If they are empty, or duplicates, it seems to me that you can delete them.

    You can start by deleting everything in the folder
    C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

    Then in the search area type Disk Cleanup and choose > C:

    You will be able to choose to clean the "System files", "Previous Windows installations" if there are any, as well as everything else.

    Configure your Internet browser to download to a folder on D:\ if there is a partition or a D:\ drive rather than into your C:\Users\YourName\Downloads directory

    You can store elsewhere on D:\ or on an external drive what is in your personal subfolders of C:\Users\YourName\...

    TreeSize Free can help to see what takes up the most space

    Then clean with:

    Wise Disk Cleaner
    https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/utilitaires/24193-wise-disk-cleaner/

    ATF-Cleaner

    Then right-click This PC > Properties > System Protection

    Or press "Search" for systempropertiesprotection.exe

    Choose C:\

    Configure > Delete

    Go back > Create

    1. brucine

      Hello,

      Uninstall leftovers, for example Windows updates, which can be removed, but that probably won’t be what will free up space for you.

      1.  jfmimi Contributor

        Hello
        To make space on drive " C ", move to drive "D " the user folders ( Documents ,Videos , Music ,Downloads and Pictures )
        here is the procedure:

        or the :

        Start by creating on drive " D " the new folders ( Documents ,Videos ,Music,Téléchargement et Image ) , it will be easier.

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        Mark as resolved if your problem is fixed.

        1. brucine

          Hello,

          Who can tell us, regardless of the lettering, that the device in question has a second logical partition or a second physical disk, or even on some models the possibility of installing the latter?

          At the extreme, on a number of machines equipped with an eMMC of 32 or
          64 GB one has reason to cry.

          Even on somewhat less cramped PCs, a significant portion of the disk space can be consumed outside user folders by a large number of resource-hungry programs.

        2. vieuxnik Author
          @brucine

          Thank you all

          I will follow your advice during the day.

          Have a good day

        3.  fabul Moderator
          @brucine

          Hello,

          And WinSxs

          We can also optionally clean this folder with these two commands, one after the other by right-clicking on the Start button > Terminal (Admin)

          dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore

          dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

        4. brucine
          @fabul

          Hello,

          Yes, I know, but Windows does an auto-cleanup of the older installers.

          We won't gain more than 2-3 GB at best, that's what I recover after each version update (regardless of emptying Temp folders).

          It's still something learned, but it's not going to free a significant amount of space on the disk unless it has very low capacity (eMMC...).