Temporary files increasing every day by the gigabyte

Anonymous
2019-04-05T12:22:36+00:00

Yesterday I went to a computer repair person because I was getting messages that I was out of storage.  He had never heard of this problem but he ran a piece of software and said I would be good for a long time.  Well since yesterday another 6 gigs of temporary files have appeared in my storage.  I read some other articles first in this forum and tried the troubleshooter method and that didn't do anything.  It said it could not find anything wrong.  I don't want to bring it back to the computer repair person because he was just as perplexed as I am right now.

James

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. DaveM121 936.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-04-06T12:51:38+00:00

    Hi James

    Thank you for the screenshots . . .

    So it is your Windows folder that is increasing in size, there is a 4GB increase since yesterday

    To narrow this down further and to possibly find the cause of this, in TreeSize expand out the Windows Folder, and take a screenshot, then wait a couple of hours and do the same.

    Then please post both screenshots and once I have worked out which sub-folder is increasing, we should know the cause of all this . . .

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-04-06T12:45:34+00:00

    Dave:  First of all let me thank you so much for taking the time to help me with this.  I will figure out a way to pay it forward.  So on to the screenshots.

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  3. DaveM121 936.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-04-06T06:07:22+00:00

    Hi James, sorry, I was offline . . .

    Please past another screenshot of TreeSize, I need to compare that to a previous shot to locate the difference in folder size and narrow this down as to a cause . . .

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-04-05T22:15:24+00:00

    Dave:  My temporary file continues to grow.  See attached screenshot.  Any ideas?

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-04-05T17:20:40+00:00

    Looks like it is the Apple computer that is taking up a lot of the room. That could be my one drive.  I still don't think that is the thing causing my temporary files to increase daily.  I will include another screenshot

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