Windows 10: Storage Problems Apps and features says 32gigs in reality >1 gb

Hey when I was trying to free up space on my C: ssd which only has around 250gb I noticed in the storage when you look up storage in windows it says 32 gigs are used by apps and featuresAnd when I went to programs and features it said less than 1gb was being used by programs, I can see basically all the same apps in both categories but the Apps & Features thing above says it uses 31 gb..

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Apps & features disc space doesn't add up to storage use listed

Under "Settings," and "Storage," my OS_Install (C total size is 238 GB.

Under "This is how your storage is used and how you can free up space," it says...

Apps & features....98.8 GB

Yet even a cursory total of all programs listed (by size) under Apps & features reveals a total of about 1.5 GB.

And, a bunch of programs are listed at the bottom (including at least one that needs a lot of storage space) without *any* numbers.

Should I presume that the Settings -> Storage utility is incapable of listing ALL programs and all of the space they require?

Why the massive difference (98.8 GB vs 1.5 GB)?

 

Why does Apps and Features say it’s taking up more storage than the sum of the apps?

I’m trying to make room on my computer and noticed that Apps and Features in storage settings says it takes up 134GB. I went through all the apps to try and figure out how the heck that happened and noticed that:

1) there are a bunch of apps that don’t list a storage size beside them (this includes things from Epson, Dropbox, Norton Security, Spotify, Steam, etc). I also uninstalled Spotify to see how much it would make a difference and nothing changed, even after
a restart.

2) if I add up everything manually, including my best estimates for these files without the storage size listed, I come at most to 50GB. Are there other apps in this section that aren’t shown or why would this be happening?

 

Dell Windows Mixed Reality randomly blacks out

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues while using Windows Mixed Reality Headset on your PC, and I certainly appreciate your efforts in trying to resolve the issue by following certain troubleshooting steps.



For further clarity on the issue, please respond to the questions below.

1. Which build version of Windows 10 are you using currently?
   
2. Are you aware of any changes made to the PC prior to which you weren’t facing this issue?
   
3. What is the exact model of the Mixed Reality headset?
   
4. Which drivers did you try re-installing?
   

Refer the article Which version of Windows operating system am I running?



Meanwhile, I would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below and see if that helps.



Method 1:



Try troubleshooting the headset by referring the section My headset displays are black from the article

Troubleshooting Windows Mixed Reality



Method 2:



Try re-installing Windows Mixed Reality Portal and see if that helps.

1. Press Windows + I keys together to open Settings.
   
2. Now click on Apps and select Apps & features
   
3. Search for Mixed Reality Portal and click on it
   
4. Now click on Uninstall
   

Then re-install the app from
Microsoft Store and see if the issue persists.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator