Re: PSA - check if your crash logs are eating up your spare C: disk space

Maria Sophia wrote on 1/2/2026 6:37 PM:
> PSA - check if your crash logs are eating up your spare C: disk space
> 
> For whatever reason... I had "something" eating up disk space.
>   a. The moment I clear all files, C: filled up to zero spare bytes.
>   b. Time and again, for weeks on end this happened to varying degrees.
>   c. So I bit the bullet and dug into how to find the culprit.
> 
> Long story short:
>   The Windows Crash Log directory was filled with browser crash dumps.
>   <https://www.supportyourtech.com/articles/how-to-view-crash-logs-in-windows-10-a-step-by-step-guide/>
> 
> Many apps (including browsers) write dumps to:
>   A. %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps
>   B. %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\WER
>   C. %PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\WER
> 
> If desired, you can turn off crash dumps with this admin command:
>   reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting" /v Disabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
> 

Will you be writing a detailed tutorial?