Windows 10: Scary Windows 10 disk cleanup. Should I run it.

One day after the latest update, computer is running fine, I then ran the built-in disk cleanup including system cleanup and here's what I got.


Windows Update Cleanup 3.99 TB – holy cow.


My total drive is using about 40 GB, I wonder where this 3.99TB is located.




:)

 

Temp_SafeToDeleteRefreshFile_Attempt0__File0 - What is it

The file was on the C: this file was created by windows 10 restore. It was left behind as a scary surprise after the restore. It can't be open, or moved. As for disk cleanup it didn't even consider removing it.

Now back to my original question:

"Temp_SafeToDeleteRefreshFile_Attempt0__File0"
What is it and how come no one on this site knows anything about this file or why it's there.

 

how to remvoe files on my desktop

Hi,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

I can understand that it must be difficult for you when things are not working as it should. Sorry to know that you are facing this issue.

You may run the disk clean up tool and restart the computer to check if this helps.

Disk cleanup in Windows 10:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/disk-cleanup-in-windows-10

Keep us informed to help you further.

 

Looks about right, lol. Yes, it's safe to run it.

 

Mine showed the same thing when I ran it the 1st time *Roflmao2

It`s that new file system.

 

Mine was exactly the same, I let it remove all of it.

 

Yes, I had the same on 2 PCs. It.s safe to disk cleaner and recover the space.

 

It seems to be a quirk with latest 321 build. On an older AMD Phenom it just rebooted spontaneusly when running it.

 

yes i seen the same on my toshiba sat and it really bothered me glad of sorry ? im not alone

DME

 

Cumulative Update KB3194798 for Windows 10 PC Mobile build 14393.321 - Page 8 - Windows 10 Forums

 

Scared me too the first time I saw this back in August. That's when I found the explanation (which Cliff S quotes in the above linked post). It's safe to let Disk Clean-up run, but @Cliff S's method is a neater and faster solution.

@EdTittel has also picked up on my post and explained in far more detail than I could how this can happen.

Windows Update Clean-up files 3.99TB

 

Really helpful responses. Thanks guys. My cleanup took about 15 minutes of sheer agony. But after restart all is well.

This forum is awesome, learn something new every day.

 

Good Day All

i went back to do the disk cleanup and discovered that that item was gone, i did the normal clean then the sys clean and it was gone? oh well

thanks

 

If you checked the box that reads "System Update Cleanup" when using Disk Cleanup/Cleanup System files, you already instructed the utility to remove those files from your system. If you didn't perhaps I misunderstood your posting. AFAIK, Disk Cleanup is the most likely way to remove such files from your system. I just learned yesterday that dism /online /cleanup-image /analyzecomponentstorecan also handle this task as well, but I'm guessing that may not have been the cleanup technique you used here.
HTH,
--Ed--