Windows 10 SSD strange folder size problem

[talksr]

Hi there,

I am somewhat confused. I have a standalone HP system with one 110gb SSD and a 2tb conventional HDD.

All of the My Documents folders are redirected to a new folder on the 2tb drive so that the SSD only has the OS and any software which has to be installed in C:\Program Files.

 

Recently, the C: (SSD) was showing low on space. When running TreeSize, I was surprised to see that my user profile is showing as using 48.8gb on C. This can't be right as everything is redirected. Sure enough, after manually checking each My Docs folder for my account on C:\, there is nothing inside of most of them, not even anything worth 1mb.

 

It looks as though most of it is taken up by Adobe Lightroom caches. Is there any way of clearing these and does anyone know if this could mess the software up?

 

[newpersn]

Have you looked to see what is taking the space in the app data?

[mrwoberts]

How about sym-linking the folder over to your 2TB drive.

 

This would involve,

1. Reboot, no programs open

2. Move (CUT/PASTE) the Lightroom cache folder on to your 2TB folder

3. Open an Admin Command Prompt and MKLINK the folder like so...

 

First go to the parent folder of where the 'large' folder was... (I'm assuming it was called cache)
e.g.
cd  /d  C:\Users\talks\Appdata\Local\Adobe\Lightroom

mklink  /J  Cache  D:\Adobe\Cache

 

That isn't a complete solution, and it may mean that Lightroom is slower in processing due to it now relying on the mechanical drive, but it should help free up your SSD space.

Edited December 12, 2016 by mrwoberts