Ramdomly Named folders on C drive


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows8.1
       #1

    Ramdomly Named folders on C drive


    Since upgrading to Windows 10 Enterprise I'm seeing a bunch of randomly named folders appearing on my second (non-OS) partition, with names such as "2cb82a847721fa9204182bfb1c". They all have a sub-folder named "Sandbox". Some I have access to and are empty, others I can't even look into, even though I'm an administrator.

    Anyone have any Idea why these are being created?

    Regards,
    Neil Jones
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  2. Posts : 1,366
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #2

    I believe those are leftover folders from Windows Updates.
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows8.1
    Thread Starter
       #3

    DeaconFrost said:
    I believe those are leftover folders from Windows Updates.
    is there any way to get them to stop showing up? If I do not stay on top of deleting them they Pile up fast.
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  4. Posts : 8
    WinXP
       #4

    Use a boot disk such as Hiren's or a Linux Live CD and delete from there.
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  5. Posts : 1,366
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #5

    I'll have to check after my next round of updates, but I think you could run Disk Cleanup and if you picked the option to clean up after Updates, the folders could then be deleted.
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    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #6

    DeaconFrost said:
    I'll have to check after my next round of updates, but I think you could run Disk Cleanup and if you picked the option to clean up after Updates, the folders could then be deleted.
    Yes, that will clean up most of it, but this is a deeper cleaning solution: at cmd prompt, copy/paste

    %SystemRoot%\System32\Cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535

    press enter. Check off what you want, click OK. Leave the cmd window open until it is completely finished.
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