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How can I find large files in windows10
Hi.
How can I find large files on my local harddrive
using windows10.
I need to clean up unused large files
Hi.
How can I find large files on my local harddrive
using windows10.
I need to clean up unused large files
Download WizTree it's portable, light, shows top 1000 big files.
https://antibody-software.com/web/so...ur-hard-drive/
Thanks for that recommendation, and link to WizTree. Just what I was looking for :)
EDIT .. I installed the above program and ran it. Among the many files it found are as per the screenshot I took, and attached to this post.
What is the C:\windows \panther thing? The image I attached shows only a sample selection of that file
Last edited by Atomcrusher; 15 Aug 2015 at 11:35.
I use Baidu PC Faster:
It comes direct from one of the largest Chinese IT enterprises, is free and without ads or malware, has a few charmingly Chinglish phrases in its dialogs, and does exactly what you want, regarding large files.
Baidu also make an antivirus and a Chrome-based Browser called Spark.
Baidu PC Faster | We Make PC Faster
Panther is a Microsoft Setup generated folder which contains a snapshot in XML of your old system taken during the upgrade process. It is not needed after the upgrade, but contains fascinating glimpses of what Microsoft telemetry knows about your PC.
You can search for large (or any size) files in Windows Explorer.
Start Windows Explorer.
Click on "View", select "Hidden items". Now you will see hidden files.
Select the folders to search or go to C: (or other drive letter) and search the entire drive.
In the "Search Quick access" box on the upper right, type...
size: (make sure to include the colon sign)
These file size selections will appear in a drop down menu:
Empty (0 KB)
Tiny (0 - 10 KB)
Small (10 - 100 KB)
Medium (100 KB - 1 MB)
Large (1 - 16 MB)
Huge (16 - 128 MB)
Gigantic (> 128 MB)
Click on one of the file size selections to search for files in that size range.
If you don't have any plans of reverting back to the previous version of Windows, then it's just fine to delete it (or use a 'cleanup' software).
I don't understand why the useful shortcuts to such things as size: and datecreated: (with handy drop-down calendar) are missing in Windows 10. A very retrograde step IMO, even though I often wished more of them were available.
An alternative for the OP is to search for *.* and sort on the size column.