Re: PSA - check if your crash logs are eating up your spare C: disk space
Mario Tomasella <[email protected]> Sat, 3 Jan 2026 04:34:15 +0000
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.microsoft.windows |
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On 03/01/2026 00:42, Hank Rogers wrote: > 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? > > It's a pro version and for that you have to sit on his laps naked so that he can park his penis in your ass properly!