Does Anyone Have These Issues W/ Windows 10 or Know How to Fix Them?

[godreborn]

one of the updates seems to have messed a couple of things up for me. for one, I can no longer do disk cleanup. well, I can do it, but no files are deleted. also, searching randomly causes windows explorer to crash.

 

[AmandaRose]

OK there are numerous things that could be causing the issues and numerous fixes to try. Let's start with the usual way to fix it.

Press and hold the Windows logo key and X button on the keyboard.

From the menu that pops up click (left click) on Command Prompt (Admin)

In the window that appeared type sfc /scannowNext, you will need to follow the instructions that appear on the screen to finish the scan.

Reboot the computer after the SFC scan finished.

Try to run Disk cleanup for Windows 10 again.

If this doesn't work we will try something else.

 

[godreborn]

I've already tried that.

 

[AmandaRose]

I've already tried that.

OK next step have you tried to manually delete temp files?

 

[godreborn]

I can do that, but I was hoping to fix these two issues, my only tech issues. I'm installing a windows update.

 

[AmandaRose]

Yes deleting the temp files should fix the disk cleanup problem. We will fix the other issue once this one is sorted.

Go to Start and type %temp% in the search menu

Hit Enter Right-click on the temp files select Delete

Restart your computer and run Disk Cleanup again to check if this solved the problem.

 

[godreborn]

that worked! I had to go into safe mode and use my bit locker key, so something must've been causing a problem in the temp folder.

 

[AmandaRose]

that worked! I had to go into safe mode and use my bit locker key, so something must've been causing a problem in the temp folder.

Sorry was away having dinner. OK so has that also fixed the problem with windows explorer?

 

[godreborn]

Sorry was away having dinner. OK so has that also fixed the problem with windows explorer?

so far so good.

 

[AmandaRose]

so far so good.

Perfect 2 problems 1 fix. That was nice and easy.

 

[godreborn]

Perfect 2 problems 1 fix. That was nice and easy.

windows explorer just crashed again while searching.

 

[AmandaRose]

windows explorer just crashed again while searching.

OK give me an hour or so to come up with a fix as need to take the dog out a walk.

 

[AmandaRose]

While I'm away try the fixes here if you have time.

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/windows-explorer-keeps-crashing-how-to-fix/

 

[godreborn]

I did troubleshooting for indexing and search, and it found a problem. it says it fixed it, but it's kinda hard to tell when it's random.

 

[godreborn]

nm, it said search has stopped or was off, but it fixed it. however, when I rebooted the computer, the same issue was happening. it fixed it again. I think it's something in services, but I don't know what it's called.

 

[godreborn]

While I'm away try the fixes here if you have time.

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/windows-explorer-keeps-crashing-how-to-fix/

I still have the problem with searching.