Disk cleanup System files Windows ESD Installation folder not listed


  1. sportflyer
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    Disk cleanup System files Windows ESD Installation folder not listed


    I want to run disk cleanup tool in Windows 10 after latest update. After windows calculated and showed the amount of space that can be saved for each folder under Systems , I could not find the folder "Windows ESD Installation " . Is this a problem? Where is the folder ? Tks
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  3. CountMike
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    Did you check "Clean up system files" ?
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  4. sportflyer
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    CountMike said:
    Did you check "Clean up system files" ?
    Yes, I did check "Clean up System Files" ... which was why I asked the question. The Windows ESD file is not listed after windows went through the calculation. The largest file is the "Previous Windows Installation file ( 27.7GB ) " . All other files are small.
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  6. CountMike
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    sportflyer said:
    Yes, I did check "Clean up System Files" ... which was why I asked the question. The Windows ESD file is not listed after windows went through the calculation. The largest file is the "Previous Windows Installation file ( 27.7GB ) " . All other files are small.
    Once update is finished updating ESDs and other files used for updating are moved to windows.old and cleaned away with it.
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  7. sportflyer
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    CountMike said:
    Once update is finished updating ESDs and other files used for updating are moved to windows.old and cleaned away with it.
    So it's safe to clean the File " Previous Windows Installations" since I am satisfied with the latest Windows upgrade and don't intend to downgrade ?
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  8. CountMike
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    sportflyer said:
    So it's safe to clean the File " Previous Windows Installations" since I am satisfied with the latest Windows upgrade and don't intend to downgrade ?
    Yes sure but it would also do it automatically 10 days after installation.
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  9. sportflyer
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    OK. Tks
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