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Windows Capability Access Manager issue
The Problem:
My (C:) Drive storage (184 GB): So the past few months I was facing the storage almost being full issue with my (C:) drive (I usually try keeping 30 to 40 GB free on C drive) and started solving the issue with common methods like clearing disk temp files with Disk Cleanup, finding the huge software and transferring it to other free drives, clearing more temp with CMD and even reducing System Restore Points' allocated storage to 14 GB and all sorts of tips and tricks to free up space.
Nothing worked so it was the time to do some deep research, i opened WizTree and tried finding hidden files and saw 2 issues
- First the system restore point taking more space that given (Was using 20 GB, instead of given 14 GB only) But that's normal cause it clears up on its own when storage is near full and on other post people said its normal.
- The Second issue - Windows Capability Access Manager issue, it's task is to manages app permissions for sensitive resources like the camera, microphone, and location, logging usage in a SQLite database and it's suppose to be few KB to few MB. So, it was clear that Capability Access Manager is one of the cause that is increasing (C:) drive storage.
So if you are able to find out what's spamming requests, you will can solve this but on the other hand to figure out what's really causing this nearly impossible. Don't even know who made this its just makes no sense.