Windows 10: My C drive has no reason to be full, yet it is. Help!

My C drive has a total of 250 GB. I have around 50 GB of games and 5 GB max of apps. Yet it shows I have 3 GB left on it. How do I make space?

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C: Drive Admin Share Keeps Enabling

Hi,



Thank you for your response.



I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

• 
  Press Windows +E,
  
• 
  Right click on C: drive.
  
• 
  Select Sharing Tab.
  
• 
  Click on Advanced Sharing.
  
• 
  Uncheck “Share this folder”.
  

Keep us posted on this issue so that we can assist you better.

 

C drive inaccessible

Hi Paritosh,

Thank you for giving us an opportunity to assist you with the query.

Apologize for the difficulties that you're experiencing in Windows 10.

Please be assured that we will do our best to help you.

• 
  Have you logged in as an administrator?
  
• 
  Have you made any changes to the computer prior to this issue?
  

An "Access Denied" error message can occur for one or more of the following reasons:

• The folder ownership has changed.
• You do not have the appropriate permissions.
• The file is encrypted.

Before we could reset the computer, let us try the following steps, and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to follow these steps to take the ownership of the drive.

• 
  Right click on Drive C and click
  Properties.
  
• 
  Switch to Security tab, click Edit and
  Add to add your user account, if it is not listed. Assign the
  full control permission for your own account and click OK.
  
• 
  Click Advanced, switch to Ownership tab and click
  Edit button.
  
• 
  Highlight your user account and click
  Apply, and then click OK.
  

Step 2: Let us try to disable to UAC settings and check.

• 
  Press Windows key + S and type
  User account control.
  
• 
  Select Change User Account Control Settings.
  
• 
  Move the slider to Never notify and click
  Ok.
  

Refer: "Access Denied" or other errors when you access or work with files and folders in Windows

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2623670

(Applies to Windows 10 as well).

Hope it helps.

Let us know the status, we are glad to assist you further.

 

C: Drive Admin Share Keeps Enabling

Hi,



I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve the issue.

• 
  Are you connected to Domain network?
  

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps.

• Press Windows + R, type fsmgmt.msc.
• Select Shares and right click on C$.
• Select Stop Sharing.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.