Windows 10: Cannot see System Information

I have been trying to view my system information but it says “cant collect information. failed connection to this computer. check to see that winmgmt is running.” Is there a fix for this? Ive tried everything but nothing works, please help.

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Programs not working

In post 26 there were steps listed to fix the operating system corruption.
Are you able to follow them?
In post 29 was the suggested dism repair command.

 

Removing errant files in the "System Volume Information" folder under Windows 10.

Hi,

Thank you for posting your response.

I suggest you to first stop Volume Shadow Copy service and try to remove the files and check. Follow the steps provided below:

Step 1: Stop Volume Shadow Copy service

• 
  Press Windows logo Key + R key.
  
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  Type services.msc.
  
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  Search for Volume Shadow Copy service.
  
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  Right click on it and select
  Stop.
  

Now, take ownership of the System volume Information folder and then try to delete its contents.

Step 2: File permissions.

• Right click on System volume Information folder.
• Select Properties.
• Go to Security tab.
• Select the user name.
• Click on Edit button.
• Under permission to Authenticated user, check on full control.
• Click on Apply and OK button.

Hope it helps. Do let us know the status of the issue. If you need further assistance, get back to us. We will be glad to assist you.

 

System Volume Information contains redundant historical "System Volume Information" files using 80% of my disk

Thanks for providing the additional details regarding your concern as well as the diagnostic steps that you have completed. Since the files in the system volume information folder still remain and were not removed with the steps provided, we suggest that
you follow the steps on this
link to run a disk cleanup so that the unused system files and cache can be removed from your computer.

Regards.