Windows 11 Disk Cleanup will not Remove Windows Update Cleanup

Anonymous
2022-05-16T16:04:16+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2022-08-09T19:59:35+00:00

    You can wait, of course...

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-09-01T21:50:24+00:00

    Just like everyone else on this topic I also have 6 Windows 11 machines on a local Peer to Peer network and on ALL of the computers this is an issue! Like most of the people who have tried to clear the problem, clearing %temp% files, running sfc /scannow restarting in safe mode and various other methods, all have failed to resolve the problem. This has occurred since a recent update by Microsoft and has effected all of my PC's running Windows 11. It would appear that the problem is simply due to a Microsoft update, but like so many users it's difficult to know which update(s) have caused the issue. If it only occurred on one machine then fine, but EVERY machine has the same issue!

    I hope this can resolved soon.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-09-02T06:33:04+00:00

    Same here, I have tried everything, and I have 2.37 GB that I cannot get rid of.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-02T06:47:10+00:00
    1. Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)
    2. How to perform repair upgrade in Windows 11 - Microsoft Community
    3. After that ... perform standard update procedure on your Windows 11

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