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Totally not following you dalchina. If this Windows Update is there, it is there. A 2.36 GB file is not a normal monthly update or patch. Maybe you could explain what you're referring to.
Windows 10 cleanup keeps finding Windows Update
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There is nothing wrong, you receive updates regularly with Windows 10 maybe every week. Those are kept for a while. If you use the Cleanup tool even then some will remain.
Settings > Storage > Temporary files >
You have maybe 11 categories there to Tick or Untick. With descriptions.
1st one is Windows Update Clean-up. Always largest on mine. The reason it will never go to zero is in the description.
I never do that as the 4 GB or so is nothing much, and it is never going to be zero, you might need to uninstall updates sometimes.
It is not just one update, could be hundreds in compressed folder or whatever.
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Fine- but which update? What exactly do the files relate to? Sometimes an update after an upgrade has been almost as large.
You say there's no evidence of failed updates in Update History, and that the file(s) are deleted.
Then they reappear.
Now either something very strange is happening with your file system, or, if they are Windows Update files, they must be being downloaded again.
Now, since they are so large, you should be able to identify whether they are being downloaded by inspecting your internet traffic history one way or another. That would tell you if they are being re-downloaded.
Further, you can inspect the creation date- if they are recreated, the date will change.
What is the location of the files?
If they are in the Software Distribution folder, you can run the bat file from the tutorial I quoted.
I.e. find out where they are, if they are really deleted, then if they reappear, how they are being recreated.
If it's one large file, a tool such as Wiztree (free) will identify it quite easily. It can also show you large folders readily.Last edited by dalchina; 23 Aug 2019 at 13:58.
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I think this is what he may be seeing???? I also see this on System Disk Cleanup, don't remember it being there before??
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Run Treesize Free and see what it tells you? Maybe it will show you what and where these files are and that could help id their source.
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The most I receive updates here is 2 times within a month but that is not the rule of thumb. Usually I get one download per month and it is not 2.36 GB. My download speed here is slower than cold molasses going up a hill sideways in the wintertime and I'd notice (I think) it if that was happening more than once every month or every week for instance.
The fact I clean the ''Temporary Folder" at least twice a month is telling me there is no File that large that can be downloaded. Tell me, are you finding you're downloading updates once a month that are over 2 Gigs in size?
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I'm not disagreeing with your judgment call on this, simply because you can see further than I in this stuff. But I find it difficult to believe that large a File is being downloaded because it would slow things down here big time. When I do a major update here, it takes up to 12 hours to download and the systems are slowed to a crawl. That isn't happening. Or at least I don't think it is. Also, if that were the case, wouldn't it reinstall Windows Update all over again? Maybe this will add to your argument, for on another computer, I just noticed a 7.77 GB File in the Temporary Files called Windows Update Cleanup. Is this not weird?
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I appreciate the replies coming in on this. Why do you suppose this is happening? If someone were hard up on Drive space, wouldn't this present a problem?
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Your original premise was that the files were deleted, then reappeared. I suggest based on that screenshot that perhaps that premise was incorrect. Perhaps you assumed they should have been deleted, when in fact they remain after your cleaning action. I suggested they were being re-downloaded based on your saying the files were deleted and reappeared. This does not seem the case.
Now, you have yet to post a screenshot, which is why we're guessing. So to save time now, please
a. Post screenshots to show
- which cleaning operation you are performing
- its outcome
b. Use either Wiztree (my suggestion above) or Treesize (Ztruker) to identify these large files and post a screenshot.
If the files can legitimately remain, will they cause you any difficulty e.g. disk space- or would you have any remaining concerns?
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