I have Windows 11 for quick context and have reset my pc about 3 times now. I also have used windirstat but that app only shows your Drives (when I open it, it only shows me 60GBS)

Whenever I check system > Storage it shows that I have used 128GBs and I have 90GBs free. The issue is that all of the sections below (Installed apps, tempory files, other, and Documents) are inaccurate. For example “Installed apps” is says its using 67GBs but when I click on it all of the apps only add up to about 30. Temporary files is even worse. It says its using 20.3GBS but when I click on it its only showing 370MBs!

I understand that windows needs some space to operate but from my estimate its using about 50GB-90GBs somewhere… Do I have malware?

  • jamvanderloeff@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Tried running windirstat as administrator? It will miss some things if it doesn’t have read/list permissions.

    Windows Settings accounting can indeed be pretty useless.