Disk space mystery solved!

01-26-2008

After spending hours trying to find 20 GB that Explorer reported was on my C:
drive that wasn't there when I added up the sizes of all the visible and
hidden files and folders, I finally discovered 16 GB of data in the
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue folder! 16 GB! This folder
is the Windows Error Reporting queue. I have been having some trouble with
Windows Update and a few other Vista things, but my problems can't be so
interesting that it takes 16 GB to describe them.
I only found it with a freeware program called WinDirStat. Explorer didn't
show it in any folder.
I just deleted it all and so far so good.
If you're having trouble finding what's sucking up your disk space, check
out this folder.

01-26-2008

Good tip...
But I think that Disk Cleanup empties that folder. I had run it (DC)
yesterday, and I just looked, and that folder is empty.

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	> After spending hours trying to find 20 GB that Explorer reported was on my > C: > drive that wasn't there when I added up the sizes of all the visible and > hidden files and folders, I finally discovered 16 GB of data in the > C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue folder! 16 GB! This > folder > is the Windows Error Reporting queue. I have been having some trouble with > Windows Update and a few other Vista things, but my problems can't be so > interesting that it takes 16 GB to describe them. > I only found it with a freeware program called WinDirStat. Explorer didn't > show it in any folder. > I just deleted it all and so far so good. > If you're having trouble finding what's sucking up your disk space, check > out this folder.

01-26-2008	#1 (permalink)
SteveS Guest Posts: n/a	Disk space mystery solved! After spending hours trying to find 20 GB that Explorer reported was on my C: drive that wasn't there when I added up the sizes of all the visible and hidden files and folders, I finally discovered 16 GB of data in the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue folder! 16 GB! This folder is the Windows Error Reporting queue. I have been having some trouble with Windows Update and a few other Vista things, but my problems can't be so interesting that it takes 16 GB to describe them. I only found it with a freeware program called WinDirStat. Explorer didn't show it in any folder. I just deleted it all and so far so good. If you're having trouble finding what's sucking up your disk space, check out this folder.
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