Windirstat

del OneDrive with content in the cloud, dumped to local drive:

Running scan now: chose, c:\ and 'ticked box' affecting system performance.

the "duplicate" tab will be quite extensive\large < previous 'scans only' showed 32k and 85k duplicates, from Ccleaner free, and Alldups.>

Questions:

1. Do Not 'tick' 'affecting system performance and Scan Again?

2. Is this a reliable/trusted program?

3. At the end of the scan, I think 'clean' will remove all on the list. < next boot: bootable or maybe>

4. Just prior to 'del dupicates' sytem restore point make, if non-boot offers options screen.
choose system restore, choose, restore point, and reboot. NOTE sys restore, used just
in case not bootable, to get back into windows. Mop up unistall/reinstall apps as necessary.

5. This is like the 'Hail Mary' with seconds on the clock if it works. Celebrate

6. reset windows, don't save the data.

7. Windirstat is file by file comparison scan, using 'affecting sys performance' very long scan.

Tools not needed before, ranging form 'minmmal value to WTF' crash course learning curve. Hence some silly questions. Thanks for any & all comments!!!

 

I've used & trusted this program years ago. Idk about any Clean functions though. I just used it it as a visiual depiction of the Windows tree structure.

 

Progress - Edge, dup's remained in both 'admin scans' windows or safe mode.

I used Revo to uninstall Edge and Del Leftovers, then admin Chkdsk /r reboot. Re-scan Alldups & cc as admin 0 dups for Edge. I use Chrome.

Bitdefender required a full uninstall, only two not removed C:\bitdefender\bitdefender agent\...

This is the fastest this machine has ever been, apps are stable, call that a win for today