Thanks a lot! I think that it is all fixed (for now). Will mark the thread :)

I have just checked and the compression starts from C:\Users\xxx\Documents and C:\Users\xxx\AppData onwards.
However, I also found that the folders "Drivers", "Intel" and "Recovery" in C:\ are...

After rebooting and idling for about 20 minutes, I tried to create new files. Unfortunately, the auto-compression still seems active.

C drive displayed no red bar at the My PC display and...

Thanks for all the assistance so far! I have decided to delete them while holding down the shift key. After wrapping it up, I now have 25 gb of space again in my C drive. The compression of my files...

My TreeSize output:

216245

I've located the folder with the 10 gb image files. The fact that the folder size is several times the total memory storage capacity of y laptop is just plain...

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll report back when I've completed it later today.

I see, however, could that behaviour also explain why some images are 10gb and others aren't? (als the accessibility problems of these 10 gb images)

Currently, there are no pending updates being...

I get that the compression is not necessarily a bad thing, however, not being able to open JPG files is quite frustrating and I cannot help but think that the recent mass-compression of folders and...

Hi everyone,

Thank you for being this invested in helping!

Indeed, currently I'm running low on space, however, before the compression thing I had at least 15 gb free (I believe, as the c Drive...

Hi Bree,

As in my case (many folders instead of just OS compressed), would you also support the decompressing of the files using the comandprompt and the Compactos function?

Esmorax


Hi...

Okay! I will give it a shot and report back later!

Esmorax

Hi Ztruker!

First of all, thank you for the link! (and the others for their interest)

I have used the command compact /compactos:query and the response was:
"C:\WINDOWS\system32> compact...

Dear Tenforums users,

I have recently (I think it started less than a week ago) encountered problems or rather peculiarities with my Lenovo laptop:
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Bump. Do I need to provide more information/data?

I am really anxious about this occurence... I really hope that somebody knows more about this kind of things and can help me in this matter.

Thanks for the tip! I followed all above steps.

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Dear Kari,

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Dear Samuria,

As requested the ipconfig/all results:

Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Kevin-Lenovo Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . ....

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I have recently encountered some problems wth my relatively new Lenovo IdeaPad laptop;
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