Hmm yeah ran a chkdsk, no problems with the drive. Did have hide protected files unticked, didn't show anything interesting. Yes my account is admin of course, I can access everything no problem.

Yeah Ridnacs does show everything but if thats the case its almost as if there's some invisible part of the drive being taken up by nothing. * I meant to say Edge earlier, not Chrome. Click on Advanced and uncheck Only delete files in Windows Temp folder older than 24 hours. Sometimes if there are errors on the disk, files can be deleted but the space won't be freed up. Do it at your own risk.Ĭonsider running a disk error check. it's unlikely to, but you never can tell. This will be useful if your C: drive is a small. PS: If you do find the files and delete them, there's no guarantee that this won't cause problems. How to change the location of your temporary files and folders in Windows 7, Windows 8 & 8.1, and Windows 10.

That's different from 'Hidden files and folders'. Is your Windows account running as Admin?Ģnd, I know you said you have hidden files showing, but just be sure that 'Hide protected operating system files' is unchecked. Here is a screenshot of RidNacs on my PC. RidNacs shows me the exact cache files, they are not hidden in there.