C Drive Overload

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I have been having problems with my C drive on my laptop. It has been overloaded for sometime and I am needing some assistance as to what I can do to get it back to normal. I have tried to optimize, and that doesn't seem to work and I don't want to delete anything. What can I do?

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DaveM121 935.1K Independent Advisor

Hi Jason, yes a lot of stuff - 3/4 of your hard drive was in that folder, you will have a lot of free space once that is done

Make sure to empty your Recycle Bin once that is done . . .

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Anonymous

2018-07-11T19:56:23+00:00

Folder Snip - it's not letting me do it
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Anonymous

2018-07-11T19:58:52+00:00

I do not have permission
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Anonymous

2018-07-11T19:59:13+00:00

And yes Norton has been uninstalled
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DaveM121 935.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2018-07-11T20:05:50+00:00

Hi Jason, have a read of this article on how to take ownership of that folder, then you will be able to delete it

On the page is a reg file which will add 'Take Ownership to the right click menu in File Explorer . . .

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3841-add-ta...

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