XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >> I checked all the normal places to clean up disk space. Anything I deleted   
   >> kept the disk below limits for only a few minutes. Then the disk filled up   
   >> again. I looked in all the usual spaces for the usual culprits (which I cal   
   >> list separately in a followup article so others also know where to look).   
   >   
   > While this PSA describes a Windows shadow-storage setting that can quietly   
   > consume remaining disk space & how to correct it with a single command,   
   > below is a list of the classic places to check for storage hogs (AFAIK).   
   > ...   
   > In addition, I've written system-specific scripts, which check my own   
   > system (since I employ a highly-organized structure) for size hogs.   
      
   Ooops. My newsreader accidentally handed me the wrong post to respond to.   
   That prior post was meant for this recent Windows-only PSA, not for here.   
      
    Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.c   
   mp.microsoft.windows   
    Subject: PSA: Windows shadow storage can silently consume all free disk space   
    Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:24:31 -0600   
    Message-ID: <10nfl5f$25cn$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>   
      
   Apologies for crossing up the two recent PSAs where one is about sidecar   
   files (nothing to do with Irfanview) & the other about Shadow Storage.   
      
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