AngryElf Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 HI all, looking for some help. I have 35GB of MSP files that is eating up space on my SSD. Now i know that some of the files will be required but is there a way to remove the ones that are no longer required? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted September 5, 2017 Supervisor Share Posted September 5, 2017 Run a disk cleanup, and then before selecting the files you should see the option to cleanup System Files. That should safely remove the update files that are no longer needed. EDIT: Here - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryElf Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Thanks for that reply, however, that does not remove unused MSP files. I have done the all the basic deletes and clean ups, however, MSP files in the registry are sitting a 35GB. Some will be required but certainly not 35GB Any other ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 (edited) What OS version? and MSP files aren't in the registry, they are standalone files. I am guessing you are on Windows 7 with patch after patch after patch installed. Might be time for a fresh load and the latest cumulative patch to bring it all up to date. You could also try this - http://www.homedev.com.au/free/patchcleaner#tabs-4 Never used it myself. Jim K 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryElf Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Windows 10, I have been looking at what has been eating my storage and these seem to be massive. I will give that a go and see how i get on Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted September 5, 2017 MVC Share Posted September 5, 2017 There is also prob going to be msi files as well. The patchcleaner xendrome linked too should be fine - and it has a move function vs delete if your wanting to be careful. xendrome 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryElf Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Mate that was brilliant, 37gb of space saved. You are a superstar. xendrome and Mando 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 On 05/09/2017 at 3:19 PM, xendrome said: What OS version? and MSP files aren't in the registry, they are standalone files. I am guessing you are on Windows 7 with patch after patch after patch installed. Might be time for a fresh load and the latest cumulative patch to bring it all up to date. You could also try this - http://www.homedev.com.au/free/patchcleaner#tabs-4 Never used it myself. thats a decent wee find Xen, having a lookie at it atm. a good addition to the adm arsenal toolkit. xendrome 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Don't forget to use this to clean up old drivers, especially NVIDIA drivers at 400MB a pop https://driverstoreexplorer.codeplex.com/ Mando 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mando Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 1 minute ago, xendrome said: Don't forget to use this to clean up old drivers, especially NVIDIA drivers at 400MB a pop https://driverstoreexplorer.codeplex.com/ yep its a belter of an app. another fav of mine for figuring out wtf is going on (dekstops and servers) is WinDirstat https://windirstat.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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