Windows 10: why some apps can't start after clearing up space on windows

I use a Windows 11 computer. When I clean up the disk space on my computer, whether I use bleachbit or clean up unnecessary files in the file manager, every time I finish cleaning, some applications cannot be opened. When I click on the icon in the menu bar, a rectangular box pops up in the middle of the screen, indicating that the application cannot be found. The applications that encounter this situation are the edge browser and anaconda navigator and so on. After my research, I found that there is a very important problem after cleaning. The size of the exe files pointed to by the shortcuts

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Accidentally Cancelled An Update - Which files can be removed to clear space

• Right-click start and choose "Run" then type cleanmgr ("cleanup manager") and click OK.
• If asked to choose a drive, pick your C: drive (or wherever Windows is installed).
• In the popup, ignore everything and click the "Clean up system files" button. Don't miss this step.
• Now you can select all the update-related stuff above to clear it out (or clear it all, all of it is safe to remove if you want to free space).

 

Clear Pagefile on Shutdown


I've been looking into clearing the pagefile, and I found the following steps at a somewhat dated webpage:

1. In the registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
2. Set ClearPageFileAtShutdown to the REG_DWORD value of 1.
3. Restart Windows.

I'm just wondering whether those steps are still valid, and, if so, does clearing the pagefile work as advertised?

 

Windows Phone users Clubhouse

I think I'll put a list of people's favourite apps in the OP, starting with my own until I get some suggestions, but you can take a look at the Windows Phone app store at the top apps to see what's popular Microsoft Apps

You are both now added, welcome! *Toast :toast: