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Disk Cleanup won't delete certain files
JohnnyGui I am experiencing exactly the same issue/s. The windows update, defender and temp files do not clear. I have been trying various ways to delete the past few days. This is seems to have started in the past couple of updates. I am currently showing 2.16g windows update files that will not delete. This is a big deal when trying to clean up files to capture an image. By not being able to clean up all files it's is increasing my image size approximately 3g that is not needed. Any help from Microsoft would be appreciated.
Question, when going to the temp folder (type %temp% in the run application) do you see many folders with numbers and letters separated by -'s ? Do these folders contain an .exe file called Dismhost.exe?
wrd2093au Curious whether you also have these mentioned folders in the temp folder containing DismHost.exe
- I have 2 profiles on this laptop. So there is different %temp% per profile. On one profile, I do see a folder in %temp% that contains various files including DismHost.exe.
So there's only one folder containing DismHost.exe?
Are the Windows Update files the only files that won't delete? Or are there other files (such as Temporary files) that are problematic?
- (replying from different profile because Windows 11 and Edge seem to force me to use same account I used to log into into Windows - does not allow me to sign out and choose different id)
Only 1 folder containing DismHost.exe yes.
I think I've only noticed WIndows Update not reducing because of the size - not really paid attention to other categories.
