Windows 10: After running 'disk cleanup' as administrator app take minutes to load

I was preparing to update to windows 11 from windows 10 and decided to clean unecessary data from my computer beforehand.I did not have a viable method of backing up all of my data so instead of a clean install I wanted to upgrade from my previous os win 10.After running the application all of my applications, such as steam, chrome, visual studio code, etc ... that have previously opened in mere moments now take around 2-5minutes to open.There was no other program that I ran before or after Disk Cleanup to delete / cleannup the system.The goal was to make the system more responsive, but it has

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After running 'disk cleanup' as administrator app take minutes to load

Hi, I’m Nicole, I’ll be happy to help you out today.

It sounds like there may have been unintended consequences from running Disk Cleanup as administrator. While Disk Cleanup can help to free up disk space, it can also delete temporary files and other data that may be needed by certain programs or system functions.

Here are some potential solutions to try:

Check if any system files or applications were removed by Disk Cleanup: Open the Event Viewer in Windows and look for any warnings or errors that occurred around the time you ran Disk Cleanup. This may give you an idea of what files or applications were removed and could be causing the slow loading times.

Try running a System File Checker scan: Open the Command Prompt as an administrator and run the command "sfc /scannow". This will scan your system for any corrupted or missing files and attempt to repair them.

Check for updates to your drivers and software: It's possible that some of your drivers or applications may need to be updated to work properly with Windows 11. Check for updates from the manufacturers' websites and install them if available.

Try disabling any non-essential startup programs: Some programs may be set to automatically start when you boot your computer, which can slow down the startup process. Try disabling any non-essential programs from starting up and see if that helps.

Consider performing a clean install of Windows: If all else fails, you may want to consider performing a clean install of Windows to start fresh. Be sure to backup all of your important data before doing so.

Hopefully, one of these solutions will help resolve the issue and improve the performance of your system.

Regards.

 

DISK CLEANUP

Hello,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Which files are you trying to delete using disk clean up?
2. Which version of Windows are you currently using?

Please reply back with the information to the above questions in order to provide you with appropriate troubleshooting steps:



I understand that you are trying to free up memory using Disk Cleanup. If you are trying to delete files using disk cleanup on Windows 10, I suggest you to refer the following article on

Disk cleanup in Windows 10 for steps to perform disk clean up on your PC.



Hope it helps.



Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

disk cleanup

Hi joysoder, to properly and safely delete any files not required by your system, run Disk Cleanup twice as explained below. Each time select everything in the list and delete them. Disk Cleanup will not suggest deleting anything that is not safe to delete
. . .

Open File Explorer

Click on your hard drive

On the Manage Tab, click Cleanup

Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

Start Disk Cleanup again

Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

This time in the resulting dialog, click 'Cleanup System Files'

Let Disk Cleanup run another scan

Select Everything in the list and choose Delete