Free Up Space in Windows

/ Yair Krauze

Start with a couple of simple tools:

If the above tools do not free up enough space, you can try several more advanced methods as described in below.

C:\MSOCache

  • Copy data to a different drive (e.g. H)
  • Remove folder
  • Edit registry and replace all references to C:\MSOCache with H:\MSOCache

C:\Windows\Logs\CBS.log

  • Open Task Manager –> Processes
  • Click Show processes from all users
  • Go to Services tab
  • Right click on Trusted Installer service and select End Process
  • Delete the file
  • Back in Services tab right click on the Trusted Installer service and select Start Service

C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb

  • Open Task Manager –> Services
  • Right click on wuauserv and select Stop Service
  • Delete the file
  • Right click on the service and select Start Service

Other Strategies

  • Compress the C:\Windows\Installer folder

C:\Windows\winsxs\ManifestCache

  • Open Task Manager –> Processes
  • Click Show processes from all users
  • Go to Services tab
  • Right click on Trusted Installer and select Go to Process
  • Right click on the process and select End Process
  • Open a command line terminal and execute the following
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    Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\*
    Icacls %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\* /GRANT administrators:F
    Del /q %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\*
  • Back in Services tab right click on the Trusted Installer service and select Start Service

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