Microsoft confirms bug that leaves ~9GB of undeletable files in Windows 11
www.pcworld.com
The Windows Update cache is undeletable after installing the Windows 11 24H2 update. Microsoft is aware and working on a fix.
    • zurohki@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7·
      1 month ago

      It’s been 30 years and jokes about Windows expanding to fill available space still work.

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    424·
    1 month ago

    Lols. Just a few days I got an update to Plasma 6.2 on Linux, and it’s stunningly beautiful and fast.

    One makes the computer better and is free. The other… Well…

    • HackerJoe@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      Plasma 6.2

      This is a really great release. Since the KDE Gear and Framework update yesterday all gripes I experienced with the Plasma 6 Megarelease are fixed.

      Everytime I get a KDE update I am looking forward to trying new cool stuff.
      Every Patch Tuesday I get an overwhelming feeling of dread.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      334·
      1 month ago

      Yawn.

      Let’s see you run AutoDesk or Catia.

      Also, this is a beta.

      • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
        141·
        1 month ago

        catia runs no problems.

        autodesk runs on wine (despite better software existing)

    • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
      81·
      1 month ago

      I wouldn’t. This isn’t a real problem but you’ll probably make one if you force delete things marked as necessary for Checkpoint Updates. This 8.5gig of “stuff” is only there because 24H2 is still in Beta and it has incorrectly marked some things from the 23H update as required for future updates.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Is 24H2 still “beta” because I am surely not in the technology preview ring and not in any other preview program?
        Because my PC got it installed and it looks to me as it’s right now becoming GA status.

    • Nougat@fedia.io
      7·
      1 month ago

      “ooo something I can post to shit on Microsoft about, where should I put it … CYBERSECURITY!”

    • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
      41·
      1 month ago

      It’s actually a shit article that doesn’t do anything to explain why this is happening, because once you know WHY you realize this is NBD and will be going away when 24H2 is actually released.

      This article isn’t great but at the bottom it does explain what’s going on.

  • ShadowRam@fedia.io
    13·
    1 month ago

    WTF is up with this 24H2 update I keep hearing about?

    It appears to have a ton of issues, from this to permanently BSOD’s people’s computers?

    • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
      212·
      1 month ago

      WTF is up with this 24H2 update I keep hearing about?

      The first thing you have to know is that it hasn’t been released yet! That’s right, every one of these articles screaming about 24H2 bugs is based on Preview, commonly called Beta, software.

      This particular issue being caused because Microsoft is moving to “Checkpoint Updates” so that updates will install faster and be smaller in size.

      Right now 24H2 is marking parts of 23H3 as necessary for future updates so they can’t be deleted. This will 100% be fixed before 24H4 goes RTM.

      Basically this one is a non-issue. It’s being used as an outrage generator.

  • YeetPics@mander.xyzEnglish
    10·
    1 month ago

    It’s fine because Microsoft is shipping out 10gb drives with every W11 license purchase, right?

  • dukatos@lemm.eeEnglish
    81·
    1 month ago

    The patch will remove the cache and all the files Windows don’t need.

  • Matriks404@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 month ago

    Today at work I have noticed that on one user’s computer there were 22 GB of some Windows Update files remaining in C:\WINDOWS\CSC that don’t show up in Disk Cleanup tool. That’s typical Windows bullshit.