Timeline for INetCache/IE folder contains an incredible amount of files and consumes a lot of disk space?
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| Sep 20, 2022 at 19:39 | comment | added | harrymc | @DanielB: I never change permissions in the registry. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 12:53 | comment | added | Daniel B | Unless elevated (as in UAC), every account is a regular user. Windows Explorer will by default also never run elevated. So, again: You absolutely do need admin rights to access and modify data in the config folder. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 12:49 | comment | added | harrymc | @DanielB: No, I haven't changed any permissions, only my account is administrator. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 12:44 | comment | added | Daniel B | @harrymc You have non-standard permissions then. The config folder is not accessible for regular users, and neither are its contents of course. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 12:33 | comment | added | harrymc | @DanielB: I didn't need admin permissions to see or delete these files. I had about 140 MB. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 12:24 | comment | added | Daniel B | @Graviton To access all files in system folders, you must run the program as administrator. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 12:21 | comment | added | harrymc |
I now installed and ran WizTree. On my computer the size is exactly that of the files I can see. Have you tried to run chkdsk (without /f parameter)?
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| Sep 20, 2022 at 12:12 | comment | added | Graviton | Do you use WizTree to check the folder size ? If so you will find that what you can see and can delete is just a fraction of the actual disk size used. I've included screenshot and addresses this point already in my question. | |
| Sep 20, 2022 at 11:49 | history | answered | harrymc | CC BY-SA 4.0 |