Deleting Windows Error Reporting Files
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Can I Delete System Queued Windows Error Reporting Files
Windows Server 2012 Essentials Question 0 Sign in to vote Greetings, I have server 2008 R2 is it safe to delete system queued windows error reporting files SP1 that is reporting low disk space. I installed the Desktop Experience and ran the Cleanup. Windows update reported 5GB of used space so I selected it windows error reporting files location and ran the cleanup wizard. It now shows So I re-ran the Cleanup and saw this 1. System Queued Windows Error reporting 20GB! Can I just run cleanup and get rid of them? Why is the default on the logs folder so large? Also when I look at the winsxs directory the size is
Per User Archived Windows Error Reporting Files
17GB but it no longer shows in the disk cleanup as an option to get rid of. Liam Edited by Liam Haw Wednesday, December 30, 2015 5:00 PM Wanted to add last line. Wednesday, December 30, 2015 4:58 PM Reply | Quote All replies 0 Sign in to vote Hi, According to your description, my understanding is that Cleanup wizard displays 20GB System Queued Windows Error reporting on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. It is safe to use the cleanup wizard to clear the System Queued Windows Error reporting. If there is too many space has been used by the Error reporting, you may consider of disable it: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754364.aspx After finishing the cleanup process, restart the server to make the change effected. Then, re-run the cleanup wizard and confirm the result. Besides, reference below link for more information about How to Clean up the WinSxS Directory and Free Up Disk Space on Windows Server 2008 R2 with New Update: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2014/05/13/how-to-clean-up-the-winsxs-directory-and-free-up-disk-spac
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and better organize them. TECHNOLOGY IN THIS DISCUSSION Microsoft Windows Server Join the Community! Creating your account only takes a few minutes. Join Now Some of my windows server 2008R2 have huge system https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/79336dd7-398e-42cc-bfce-a212e0be2d2f/system-queued-windows-error-reporting-and-winsxs-delete-or-not-delete?forum=winserveressentials disk space occupied. My question is: is it safe to delete system queued windows error reporting files using disk cleanup? Or deleting C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER ? I think it is only used for reporting and logging. Reply Subscribe RELATED TOPICS: Windows Error Reporting - WindowsWcpStoreCorruption New Q&A: Windows Error Reporting Could Inadvertently Aid Cybercriminals Windows Error Reporting error on Hyper-V test server   4 Replies Thai Pepper OP a2e https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/416457-is-it-safe-to-delete-system-queued-windows-error-reporting-files Dec 4, 2013 at 2:09 UTC Yes I wouldn't delete the WER folder itself, just the contents inside. 1 Tabasco OP Moreira Dec 4, 2013 at 2:17 UTC I was not going to delete WER folder, only the contents of : ReportArchive and ReportQueue The files are saved to: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\wer and %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ 0 Thai Pepper OP a2e Dec 4, 2013 at 2:26 UTC If you're looking to recover disk space you may want to run WinDirStat if you haven't already. http://windirstat.info
If you're in a critical state that you HAVE to gain diskspace, you can always look at c:\windows\softwaredistribution to gain some quick space. 0 Tabasco OP Moreira Dec 4, 2013 at 2:40 UTC WinDirStat isthe first tool I use to search for used space and I'm also aware of c:\windows\softwaredistribution. The question is that I never deleted the WER content till now (discovered it today) and found that, in some servers, is useful to do so. Off course if it's safe like it seems to. 1 This discussion has been inactive for over a year. You may get a better answer to your question by starting a new discussion. Text Quote Post |Replace AttacStart here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies http://serverfault.com/questions/21777/archived-and-queued-windows-error-reporting of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Server Fault Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask https://forum.piriform.com/?showtopic=22109 Question _ Server Fault is a question and answer site for system and network administrators. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a windows error question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Archived and queued Windows Error Reporting up vote 8 down vote favorite 2 Just ran Disk Cleanup on a computer here (Windows Vista), and saw 3 items in the list I haven't seen before: Per user archived Windows Error Repo... | 402 MB System archived WIndows Error Repor... windows error reporting | 18,0 KB System queued Windows Error Reporti... | 533 MB What are those? I assume it is safe to delete, but should I do something with it first? Should I for example be kind to Mircosoft and send all that queued stuff? How would I do that? Note: Wish I knew what was after those dots. Assume it is "Reporting", but no idea if there is more after it. Hate dialogs that can not be resized... (or at least lets me know what is behind truncated text in a tooltip) windows windows-vista cleanup share|improve this question asked Jun 8 '09 at 9:08 Svish 1,66092539 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 7 down vote accepted Yes it is safe to delete these files, they are files generated by Windows Error Reporting when an application error occurs. The per-user data is saved to: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\wer the system data is saved to: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ THose two folders are split into ReportArchive which is historical reports, and ReportQueue which are reports that have not been sent yet. This applies to both Windows Vista and Windows 7. shar
Javascript Disabled Detected You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. If I clean "Windows Error Reporting" will that delete my Events Log? Started by Izzy , May 23 2009 10:53 AM Please log in to reply 5 replies to this topic #1 OFFLINE Izzy Izzy Newbie Members 2 posts Posted 23 May 2009 - 10:53 AM I'm a fairly new CCleaner user. On the Windows Tab of the CCleaner, there is a check-box for "Windows Error Reporting". If I select that box, will I also be deleting my computer's Event Logs? I rely on those for tracking problems. I have a Windows Vista 32-bit Home Basic. Thanks! Back to top #2 OFFLINE metalj metalj Advanced Member Members 362 posts Gender:Male Posted 23 May 2009 - 03:45 PM No, as far as I know."Windows Error Reporting" cleans the log files created by Error Reports.CCleaner doesn't clean Event logs.As you said, those are important.Here's some more info. Piriform Software User Guides Back to top #3 OFFLINE Keithuk Keithuk Power Member Members 957 posts Gender:Male Location:Staffordshire, England Interests:Programming in Visual Basic. Posted 24 May 2009 - 02:22 PM Welcome to Piriform Izzy.I'm a fairly new CCleaner user. On the Windows Tab of the CCleaner, there is a check-box for "Windows Error Reporting". If I select that box, will I also be deleting my computer's Event Logs? I rely on those for tracking problems. I have a Windows Vista 32-bit Home Basic. Thanks!I don't have a check-box for "Windows Error Reporting" in the Windows tab. Well CC has an option to clean all Windows log files. There aren't that important they just report something has been done. Thats files with a log extension.Under System - Windows Log Files just remove the tick and try it again. [b]Keith Windows XP 2002 SP3 IE 7.0 Martin2k Rorshach112 is the best Back to top #4 OFFLINE metalj metalj Advanced Member Members 362 posts Gender:Male Posted 24 May 2009 - 02:34 PM I don't have a check-box for "Windows Error Reporting" in the Windows tab.It's vista only.Here. Piriform Software User Guides Back to top #5 OFFLINE Izzy Izzy Newbie Members 2 posts Posted 26 May 2009 - 01:29 AM It's vista only.Here.Thank you, MetalJ - the link is very helpful!Windows Error Reporting - (Vista only) Whenever a program crashes, Windows saves details of the crash to report back to Microsoft. This option will clean all the error reports from your system."I will leave the box unticked. Sometimes I will get a "fix" back from Microsoft immediately, on a crash that automatically reports to them. Often