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Discus and support Accidentally hit "Free up space" in the right click menu, how do I get the stuff with the... in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; I wanted to create a new file but my finger slipped my mouse and clicked free up space, i paused right before it hit 100% and clicked x. But I think... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/WackyH, Jan 6, 2021.

  1. /u/WackyH Win User

    Accidentally hit "Free up space" in the right click menu, how do I get the stuff with the...


    I wanted to create a new file but my finger slipped my mouse and clicked free up space, i paused right before it hit 100% and clicked x. But I think all my folders were deleted off my hard drive (OS C:\ is the only one). How do I get them back?

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    :)
     
    /u/WackyH, Jan 6, 2021
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  2. Naki Win User

    Feature suggestion: Add right-click menu

    Suggestion: Please add a Windows 7 Jump-List and/or right-click menu to the GPU-Z icon in the Windows taskbar. Possible menus in it would be "Exit" and "About GPU-Z...".
    Maybe also "Switch to tab 1/Switch to tab 2/Switch to videocard 1/Switch to videocard 2" too.
    Examples of programs that have such menus are ICQ, Skype, AIM.

    NOTE: It seems for a right-click menu, Windows 7 is not needed - it works on WinXP and Vista too.
    But even a Windows 7 Jump-list may be good enough.
    What do you think?
     
    Naki, Jan 6, 2021
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  3. How do I fix right click context menu spacing?

    Hi Josh,

    We appreciate your time and effort for getting back to us.

    I suggest you to follow the below steps to change the menu size and check.


    • Right click on the Start icon and click on Control Panel.

    • Click on Display.

    • Under the Change only the text size, click on the drop down and select the
      Menus option.

    • Reduce the size of the Menu by clicking on the drop down and click on
      Apply.
    Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

    Thank you.
     
    Harshavardhan Rathod, Jan 6, 2021
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  4. Accidentally hit "Free up space" in the right click menu, how do I get the stuff with the...

    Accidentally Cancelled An Update - Which files can be removed to clear space

    • Right-click start and choose "Run" then type cleanmgr ("cleanup manager") and click OK.
    • If asked to choose a drive, pick your C: drive (or wherever Windows is installed).
    • In the popup, ignore everything and click the "Clean up system files" button. Don't miss this step.
    • Now you can select all the update-related stuff above to clear it out (or clear it all, all of it is safe to remove if you want to free space).
     
    Shawn 'Cmdr' Keene [MVP], Jan 6, 2021
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