SSD is 50% consumed with ETL files. How do I free up that space?

baggage1 · 13 May 2019

It worked, uninstalled the Intel Update Utility program and it freed up 52.5 GB. Now I can store more books.

stealth2920 · 14 May 2019

f14tomcat said:

WILLAMETTE is a very old Intel Driver Support. Current is QUEENCREEK. I would uninstall that utility, and if needed, go to the Intel site and get the latest for your system.

Old article I found similar to your issue.

want to delete Intel folder contents - safe? - Windows Vista

That's what mine is QueenCreek.

f14tomcat · 14 May 2019

baggage1 said:

It worked, uninstalled the Intel Update Utility program and it freed up 52.5 GB. Now I can store more books.

@baggage1

Excellent! Glad that did the trick.

Pepper Pots · 29 Aug 2019

If the etl files keep propagating after you delete them, here's a fix that worked for me:

USOSVC service that fills up C:\Program Data\USOShared\Logs folder and endlessly created log files.

1. Use task manager to kill Update Orchestrator process.

2. Delete all sub folders under %windir%\SoftwareDistribution.

3. Restart Update Orchestrator Service and run Windows Updates to verify that files stop growing infinitely and that they are working as intended. You may see a few files created and they are small around 78kb or so. That is okay. You just don’t want to see the looping file creation.