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    JoeP
    AskWoody Plus
    August 18, 2016 at 3:40 pm #506694

    I have run out of space on my C: drive and have been struggling to find out what is eating up the space. It is around 40GB in size. I looked at the Searches folder and found two other folders: Everywhere and Indexed Locations. When I opened the Everywhere folder, it showed over 184,000 files. I think I found a smoking gun. I was wondering if I can delete these saved searches without causing any problems? I have a feeling it will be similar in the Indexed locations folder as well. Thoughts?

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    • RetiredGeek
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      August 18, 2016 at 4:11 pm #1575400

      Joe,

      Where did you get the 40Gb of size.

      My folder has 300K items but Get folder size reports 0 MB in size. The properties dialog for the folder shows 20Kb in size.

      Here’s a composite picture of the items overlayed.
      45362-SearchesFile

      Don’t think I’ll get too much space savings by deleting anything there!

      Here’s a useful Windows Club article on the topic.

      HTH :cheers:

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
      Computer Specs

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    • JoeP
      AskWoody Plus
      August 18, 2016 at 4:39 pm #1575402

      Thanks HTH,
      the 40Gb is the size of the C: drive. I guess I misread the contents of the items in the saved search folder. As I mentioned, I am struggling with trying to find what is using all of this space. I have gone through everything I can think of to gain space back. What about deleting old Win Update files? Any other thoughts around finding large files?
      JP

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    • RetiredGeek
      AskWoody_MVP
      August 18, 2016 at 7:06 pm #1575409

      Joe,

      You can try using the free WinDirStat to find out what’s using your space. There is also TreeSize free. Either or both should help you get a hold on things.

      BTW: HTH = “Hope this helps” 😆

      HTH :cheers:

      May the Forces of good computing be with you!

      RG

      PowerShell & VBA Rule!
      Computer Specs

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    • Paul T
      AskWoody MVP
      August 19, 2016 at 12:47 am #1575443

      It’s those TLAs that are causing the problem. 🙂

      cheers, Paul

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