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Windows 11 Disk Cleanup will not Remove Windows Update Cleanup
I recently ran disk cleanup on Windows 11 Pro to clear about 2 gig of Windows Update files. This has always worked in the past, but, now, it acts like it's working except that the process moves much too quickly compared to how it used to work. If I run it again, it says that the same amount of space is still present and available to be deleted.
I have tried all of the posted (here, in Microsoft docs, and elsewhere on the net) to try to resolve this issue, but nothing has worked. Those include renaming the Software distribution folder, rebooting and removing the old one, checking services to make sure the proper ones are running, running SFC and DISM and going through the Microsoft published process of manually resetting the Windows Update and cleanup systems.
I have a four computer peer to peer network. Three computers are on Windows 11 and one on Windows 10. The Windows 10 computer is working properly, but all three of the Windows 11 machines are exhibiting this problem. Is this something that Microsoft is aware of or is it a temporary thing because of the problems with the recent updates?
Any suggestions are welcome, but I have tried all of the things previously posted about this problem. Thanks.
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
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Anonymous
2022-09-10T12:42:12+00:00 -
Anonymous
2022-09-10T09:27:17+00:00 It's a bit of a Swiss chees - full of holes
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Anonymous
2022-09-10T09:25:17+00:00 Yes it does. Cannot believe that after all these years of using Windows that disk clean-up should be just one of the issues for Win11. Lets hope MS sort it out on the next update!
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Anonymous
2022-09-10T09:17:37+00:00 I have both a Desktop PC and Laptop running Windows 11 exhibiting the same issue. The Desktop PC shows around 6GB of data that won't cleanup and the laptop around 2GB, seems a common issue.
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Anonymous
2022-09-09T18:52:20+00:00 I too have had this issue on a new laptop with win 11 installed ,i've been following this for some time ,i got upto just under 3 gb of windows updates (did all the advised methods to no avail)After these updates i can't be sure which one it is ,about a week later the windows update to be purged dropped down to about 250mb,i aint holding my breath though.