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Marthe48

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2. I used Disk Cleanup earlier this week
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 07:31 AM
Sunday

I got the Windows/temp folder cleaned out. I kept looking because Disk Cleanup didn't get all of the temp folders. I discovered appdata/local/temp and manually deleted most of the files and folders. After all of the maintenance, 77% of my hard drive is cleaned up. Disk Cleanup doesn't clean the app data folder. The apps are supposed to delete any temp files they create, but many don't

Now that I know where the pesky temp files are stored, I'll keep an eye out.

Thanks!



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