Now, the mklink provides a neat little thing called Junction links - if I boot in cmd prompt, and move all of the files to the other hard drive, and then run this:.
Will I be messing up my Windows in some way, or is this an OK thing to do? I've used hard links before, and it worked like a charm freeing up my SSD significantly, but I've never tried it on system folders I don't see why it wouldn't work, but I'm not in the mood of reinstalling entire windows in case I'm wrong.
It includes some registry edits "to set default locations", as follows:. I took similar steps, but I wanted to be able to use my computer while I did the file copy my folder was 40 GB. You can use same trick for pagefile. Just ensure to deactivate virtual ram and reboot prior to create the symlinks, then after creating them reactivate virtual ram.
Remember: When Windows10 UpGrade it will remove the links and put real files, after UpGrades you can repeat the process. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Moving Windows folders around with Junction links mklink Ask Question. I'm trying to figure out if I can delete the whole lot without killing my system, but from the discussion I get the impression it just fills up again.
Tuesday, December 23, PM. After making the folder visible as mentioned above, a good application I found to chart the contents is 'Folder Size 4'. It can be downloaded by searching for it and is free for a 15day trial.
I am currently working on a system with a 52 Gb Installer folder and trying to identify the items I can safely delete. Advice found sugests searching registry for each individual entry to establish which are orphans and deleting those, with well over a hundred such items called, for example, 38fd0. I would realy like to find a suitable tool to do this, so I might try msizap and see what it does.
HTH peacox. Thursday, January 22, PM. Tuesday, November 3, PM. Hope this is a lasting solution Tuesday, January 12, PM. I cannot seem to run the msizap g command. I've tried it every way I can think of. From my admin account I have tried run; cmd; then msizap g and I get back that msizap is not recognized. The dos window just idles and returns nothing to me. I have downloaded the installer cleanup tool and can find the MsiZap. My Installer folder has 71 Gigs in it and my hard drive is full!
Thanks Keith another Keith. Monday, January 18, AM. Changing the default folder was the trick. I used the program Folder Sizes 4 to open the command from this folder. Running msizap from here was like magic. My Installer folder is now Mb instead of 72 Gb!!!!!! Proposed as answer by asharpguy Monday, January 18, PM.
Monday, January 18, PM. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks, Tony. Sunday, February 14, PM. Thursday, March 11, AM. One of my client's Domain Controller is having the same exact problem with the Installler folder filling up. It definitely cleans up space but within a few weeks I have to run it again because the Installer folder continues to fill up.
Does anyone have a permanent solution for this. I am running WSUS to push my updates out. Wednesday, April 14, AM. Thursday, December 16, AM. Monday, February 14, PM. Hello Gusac. Thanks for your help with this. Monday, February 21, PM. What is this info and what are the known consequences of removing it? I don't know what the effect on performance will be.
Wednesday, March 30, AM. The download you talk about is no longer available. Friday, April 22, AM. Microsoft has removed it from Downloads. Friday, September 2, PM. Hi namoohoy, I would suggest the duplicate files deleter its the tool I use to remove the duplicate and unnecessary contents of that folder.
If this is the c: drive, then this is your last step and you can just expand the c: drive, reboot into windows, chkdsk, and you're on your way. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 12 years, 5 months ago. Active 9 years, 11 months ago.
Viewed 2k times. Any other suggestions welcom. Improve this question. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Manuel Faux Manuel Faux 3 3 silver badges 13 13 bronze badges. John Rennie John Rennie 7, 1 1 gold badge 21 21 silver badges 34 34 bronze badges. I cannot install a larger SSD without breaking the warranty and the use of UEFI Bios and no instructions from Medion as to settings makes that a matter of chance in any case.
With software being written presuming users have massive mechanical hard drives this issue is going to blow up for many non-technical SSD users. Regis Beneditodos Santos Bittencourt. Take a look at this SO post. The answer by bajov should be exactly what you need.
I have tried it and it works. Bill J Baldwin. The web tells me the former creates a symbolic link to a directory while the latter creates a directory junction. The web is less helpful in explaining when and why I might use one rather than the other. Would I notice any difference in the end result? If so, what? If not, what would be different "under the hood"?
In reply to Regis Beneditodos Santos Bi The link you provided successfully launched CMD as a system user in Windows Vladimir Ryabtsev. In reply to SzikraIstvan's post on January 30, Exactly, SzikraIstvan.
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