Windows 10: Disk Cleanup Not Working Properly After 2004 Update

Ever since the new 2004 update, my disk cleanup isn't working properly anymore. The basic cleanup works fine, but when I select the clean system files which requires admin or something, it just closes and nothing else happens. Has this happened to anyone else?

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Disk Cleanup not working in 2004 (19041.207)

Hi,

This is what I'm getting :



It seems that 'StartComponentCleanup' doesn't work here too. I didn't notice that cause I used Cleanmng+.
Disk Cleanup could not find/remove leftovers but Cleanmng+ did it.
I don't remember how much space it freed up, but it certainly did.

 

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

 

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