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and tips before everybody else. RSS ALL ARTICLES FEATURES ONLY TRIVIA Search How-To Geek Is It Safe system queued windows error reporting huge to Delete Everything in Windows' Disk Cleanup? The Disk Cleanup tool included with Windows can quickly erase various system files and free up disk space. But some things-like "Windows
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ESD Installation Files" on Windows 10-probably shouldn't be removed. For the most part, the items in Disk Cleanup is safe to delete. But, if your computer isn't running properly, deleting some of these things may prevent you from uninstalling updates, rolling back your operating system, or just troubleshooting a problem, so they're handy to keep around if you have the system queued windows error reporting large space. Disk Cleanup 101 RELATED ARTICLE7 Ways To Free Up Hard Disk Space On Windows You can launch Disk Cleanup from the Start menu-just search for "Disk Cleanup". It will immediately scan for files it can delete and display a list to you. However, this just shows files you can delete with your current user account's permissions. Assuming you have administrator access to the computer, you'll want to click "Clean Up System Files" to view a complete list of files you can delete. To remove a group of files, check it. To keep a group of files, ensure it's unchecked. You'll see the maximum amount of data you can delete at the top of the window, and how much space you'll actually save at the bottom. Click "OK" after you're done selecting data and Disk Cleanup will delete the types of data you want to remove. Windows ESD Installation Files Are Important RELATED ARTICLEEverything You Need to Know About "Reset This PC" in Windows 8 and 10 On Windows 10, there's now a "Windows ESD installation files" opti
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> How do you clear the Windows Error Reporting list in System Information? Discussion in 'Operating Systems' started by memory dump file location Mooncalf, Feb 8, 2004. Mooncalf Senior member Joined: Dec 5, 2000 Messages: 805 Likes Received: 0 In System Information under software environment it lists every error since XP was installed. Can http://www.howtogeek.com/266337/what-should-i-remove-in-disk-cleanup-on-windows/ I clear that list somehow and is there any harm in doing so? #1 Mooncalf, Feb 8, 2004 LiLithTecH Diamond Member Joined: Jul 28, 2002 Messages: 3,105 Likes Received: 0 If you are talking about 'Turning Off Error Reporting', then do the following: Right-click My Computer \ Properties Click Advanced tab Click the Error Reporting button Tick "Disable error reporting." Leave https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/how-do-you-clear-the-windows-error-reporting-list-in-system-information.1254301/ the other radio button unchecked next to the text labeled, 'But notify me when critical errors occur' Click OK. Clearing the folder will not help. Windows will rebuild it on next reboot. You can also choose which PROGRAMS you would like to keep it enabled for. #2 LiLithTecH, Feb 8, 2004 valky Member Joined: Jan 8, 2004 Messages: 38 Likes Received: 0 In System Information under software environment it lists every error since XP was installed. Can I clear that list somehow and is there any harm in doing so? The list can be cleared in Computer Management for: System Tools / Event Viewer / Application and System locations can be deleted...................... #3 valky, Feb 8, 2004 Mooncalf Senior member Joined: Dec 5, 2000 Messages: 805 Likes Received: 0 Originally posted by: valky In System Information under software environment it lists every error since XP was installed. Can I clear that list somehow and is there any harm in doing so? The list can be cleared in Computer Management for: System Tools / Event Viewer / Application and System locations can be deleted..
Chris (Microsoft) Technical Consultant/SI GROUP SPONSORED BY MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY IN THIS DISCUSSION Microsoft Windows Server Join the Community! Creating your account only https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/416457-is-it-safe-to-delete-system-queued-windows-error-reporting-files takes a few minutes. Join Now Some of my windows server 2008R2 have huge system 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 Remote Fuzzer Monitoring with Windows Error windows error Reporting (WER) New Q&A: Windows Error Reporting Could Inadvertently Aid Cybercriminals   4 Replies Thai Pepper OP a2e 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 windows error reporting : 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 Attachment Add link Text to display: Where should this link go? Add Cancel × Insert code Language Apache AppleScript Awk BASH Batchfile C C++ C# CSS ERB HTML