Windows 10: Abnormally large Windows 10 folder.

Hello all,


Having done some research, it seems that the Windows folder for a Windows 10 installation should be somewhere between 15-20 GB. My Windows folder is 80 GB. There are several threads relating to this topic, but I have not been able to find any which arrive at an answer on what to do besides installing TreeSize to inspect folder size. I upgraded my laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 10 about a year ago. Here are my system specs in case it is of any help:


Computer model: Sony VAIO VPCF115FM

CPU: i7-720QM

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

RAM: 8 GB

SSD: 512 GB


Here are three TreeSize screenshots:


The 2nd shot shows the contents of the 57.1 GB Installer folder. The 3rd shot shows the the list of the 1354 files directly under Installer. Can some of these file be gotten rid of? Or how else can I reduce the size of the Windows folder? Any advice is greatly appreciated.










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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Files & Folders View as medium or large Icons

To assist you better, we would suggest that you try to follow the steps below:

• Open File Explorer.
• Once you are viewing a folder, right click an empty space within the File Explorer window and select View from the dialogue menu, then choose Large or any icon you wanted to use. Alternatively, you can use the following shortcut keys on the keyboard to
  change your View settings:

• CTRL + SHIFT + 1 Extra Large
• CTRL + SHIFT + 2 Large icons
• CTRL + SHIFT + 3 Medium Icons
• CTRL + SHIFT + 4 Small Icons
• CTRL + SHIFT + 5 List
• CTRL + SHIFT + 6 Details
• CTRL + SHIFT + 7 Tiles
• CTRL + SHIFT + 8 Content

3. Once you have the view set, you can make it the default view for

every folder.

4. Click Apply, then click OK.

Update us on the result.

 

Large thumbnails as default to entire folders. Is possible?

Hi Kris,

We'd love to help you out with your concern.

You can set large thumbnails as default by doing the following steps:

• Go to the folder that you want to change the view settings and set it to Large view.
• Click on View tab, then click Options (Note: If a menu drops down, select
  Change folder and search options).
  
• From Options, click on the View tab, then click on the
  Apply to Foldersbutton.
• Click on OK.

Let us know how it goes.