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I am using windows 7. I never installed any software to C drive. However some something just keeps eating C drive without my permission. How can I clean my C drive without re-installing my OS? Also, I believe there are lots of junks which are not deleted when I uninstalled the programs. I tried CCleaner but it cannot find them. Is there a way to find them?

gronostaj
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Alex
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Run a utility like WinDirStat and find out what is eating up your drive.

Scandalist
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Well, Visual Studio installs it's files into %APPDATA% or %LOCALAPPDATA% folders and into C:\ProgramData folder in Windows Vista/7/8. Things like help always come there. So check your registry (especially check HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders and other entries like Explorer\Shell Folders) and decide to move these folders to another drive.

You can make this by two paths:

  • change value of registry variable (advantage is that it is available in any Windows version)
  • or move the folder and create link (unix way, advantage is that you can move only specific folder and retain others).
Danatela
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