Is there any way to clean up or move C:\ProgramData The amount of free storage on C: is decreasing steadily Even though I install most of my apps on another drive (D:), C:\\\\ProgramData just keeps getting bigger Right now C:\\\\ProgramData is 39 2 GB Is there anything I can do about this, or does the whole
Stopping Microsoft Search from eating my hard drive Here's what I had to do: open services msc Stop the Windows Search service (I was this far already) Rename C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows edb Start the Windows Search service The directory rebuilds Windows edb (34 MB initial size in my case) Open Control Panel Indexing Options Wait a long time for buttons to become enabled Click Modify Uncheck Users
Is it possible to delete `C:\ProgramData\Microsoft` folder without . . . While manually looking through my hard drive, I noticed that the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft takes up 2 2 GB of space Is it possible to manually delete C:\ProgramData\Microsoft folder or at the very least reduce the size of this folder without breaking Microsoft programs?
Can I delete the folder C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\? By moving the VS package cache I did manage to save a lot of space on the primary drive, but I don't think it answers this question The folder which ended up virtually empty as a result of moving the VS package cache was C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Packages, not C:\ProgramData\Package Cache
Can I delete C:\ProgramData\Dell\SARemediation\SystemRepair? For Dell, you can uninstall Support Assist and that will delete the folder I checked my own Program Data folder and it is only 10 GB in total, so nothing that big Here is a Dell thread for that file Dell SAR folder I found the program "Dell Support Assist Remediation" in the Windows (Settings > Apps) and uninstalled it
Is %PROGRAMDATA% the same in all versions of Windows? I'm not entirely sure if it also works on XP and earlier though, because there the Program Data folder is not C:\ProgramData, but C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ and I don't know from which version of windows they started setting the environmental variables I think from 2000, but not sure
Remove Program Data Folder for Uninstalled Programs Re Win version 1909 OS Build 18363 836 Is it safe to remove the ProgramData folder for an application long ago uninstalled, e g , McAfee? Thanks for your advice! Gini
Are C:\ProgramData and C:\Users\All Users the same? Do I need both? All Users legacy folder junction requirements: Sym links creation location Destination \Users\All Users \ProgramData Users\All Users is a link to the ProgramData folder for legacy reasons It is a junction point (symlink in the UNIX world) and not a copy of the data