Windows 10: My C: drive is suddenly almost full and I don't know how this happened

Discus and support My C: drive is suddenly almost full and I don't know how this happened in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I was notified today that my C: drive only had about 3GB of space left! After doing a lot of cleanup using Microsoft's disk cleanup I was able to clear... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by KugisakiNobara, Sep 5, 2021.

  1. My C: drive is suddenly almost full and I don't know how this happened


    I was notified today that my C: drive only had about 3GB of space left! After doing a lot of cleanup using Microsoft's disk cleanup I was able to clear to 9GB of space, but I still don't know how I've apparently used up over 150GB when all I've downloaded were Steam and two games the sims and planet zoo - shouldn't be more than 20GB each? I downloaded treesize to see if there are any large files I can delete, but I don't really know which files are okay to delete. What should I do?

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    KugisakiNobara, Sep 5, 2021
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  2. Windows 7 Snipping Tool / (Screen Shots-Capture)

    1. In the Control Panel > Folder Options > View Tab first check ( tick ) the Show hidden files, folders and Drives and then Apply.
    2. Now navigate to C:\ Program Data \ Microsoft \ Windows \ Start Menu \ Program.
    3. Inside this Program folder , you will find the 'Accessories' folder.
    4. Drag and drop the Accessories Folder on your Start Menu or All programs.
    Did this work ?

    If all works again i suggest to go back to Step 1 and re-select Don`t show hidden files. folders and Drives then Apply. so you don`t accidentally delete some of these.
     
    Frank N St31n, Sep 5, 2021
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