Redundant patches/installations and cleaning up the AppData folder


  1. tomyfr
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    Redundant patches/installations and cleaning up the AppData folder


    I need to clone a repo (from GitHub) and compile a programming project on my Windows 10 x-64 machine every now and again. There're dozens of stages (downloading, extracting and patching) done until the project's compilation finishes. They're like:
    Downloading 7zip...
    https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2301-extra.7z->C:\Users\ME/Desktop/projectZ\vcpkg\downloads\7z2301-extra.7z
    Downloading https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2301-extra.7z
    Extracting 7zip...
    Restored 0 package(s) from C:\Users\ME\AppData\Local\vcpkg\archives in 36.2 ms. Use --debug to see more details.
    Installing 1/76 boost-uninstall:x64-windows-static...
    Building boost-uninstall:x64-windows-static...

    Downloading https://github.com/boostorg/unordere...-1.83.0.tar.gz -> boostorg-unordered-boost-1.83.0.tar.gz...
    Extracting source C:/Users/ME/Desktop/projectZ/vcpkg/downloads/boostorg-unordered-boost-1.83.0.tar.gz
    Applying patch 0001-unordered-fix-copy-assign.patch

    It's odd that those patchings are done sometimes and they take a few GBs of my C:\ drive while the project's folder (projectZ) is about 1.2 GB totally.
    1) Where are those patch files stored because deleting projectZ doesn't clean up my C:\ drive (now in red)?
    2) Why are sometimes those patches installed when I clone the repo again?
    3) The AppData folder is about 30 GBs containing folders and files not required anymore. Can I delete the folder totally? It will save that amount of disk space for my system.
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  3. jshs2020
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    Windirstat portable may help you find them
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  4. tomyfr
    Posts : 102
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    Yes, it was useful. There was much data related to vs-code files. I uninstalled vs-code and deleted its folder too. Got about 25 GB back now, almost all of them inside C:/Users/ME/AppData. But that folder (AppData) still contains folders not needed anymore. Isn't directly selecting and removing them (may take some time) risky, or is it a better way to clean it up?
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  6. jshs2020
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    If the applications that use the folders is still installed, yes it can be risky.
    Check Installed programs, if you know which folder belongs to which program.
    Perhaps, make an image of the drive, or copy the appdata folder somewhere else before removing the folders.

    You could also consider a program called "Revo Uninstaller". The free version works, but has limitations. The "Forced uninstall might be what you are looking for if the programs have already been uninstalled"
    Download Revo Uninstaller Freeware - Free and Full Download
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