whats taking up so much space i dont have any massive games

[willow zealot]

i'll list all my games
Kerbal Space Program, GD, Fortnite, Breathedge, Suchart, BTDB2, BTD6, Muck, TABG
i've got an SSD in my laptop if that matters

[white copper]

how should we know

[zealous forge]

Use windirstat, it will directly display how much space is taken up by different things

[thick gyro]

Can’t know for sure because there isn’t enough info, but fortnite does take up quite a bit of space

[willow zealot]

alr

130gb in program files so far

and im not evne done

[hasty imp]

make sure you don't build up your trash

[willow zealot]

so uhh

i deleted ark over a year ago

its still holding on to the island files

which is 65gb

[hasty imp]

lmao

[white copper]

[willow zealot]

i cant even delete them

does anyone know how i can gain access to the windowsapps folder?

[white copper]

show hidden folders in your file explorer

but you can delete files from windirstat

[willow zealot]

says i need perms from the admin

i've already made myself the admin

😠

comes up with this

[hasty imp]

aren't you not supposed to delete Edge on windows

like there are entire blogposts of how they managed to delete Edge without breaking Windows somehow

[willow zealot]

its ark files

ark survival its taking up 65gb

i cant even play it anymore

i can prove its ark
Studio WildCard (makers of ark)
Genesis 1 & 2 both ARK maps
extinction ARK Map

even though im going to loose most stuff i have i might have to factory reset my pc

i cant even run FILE EXPLORER as Admin

what now

im fucked

[peak plume]

How did you manage to fuck that up?

[willow zealot]

wdym

[peak plume]

What happens when you try to run it as admin?

[willow zealot]

i dont even know how to

i've got access to windowapps

but i cant delete shit in there

[peak plume]

If you're trying to uninstall apps you can just use Control Panel for that

Wait does w11 still have control panel?

[willow zealot]

that Ctrl + Alt + Del thing?

[peak plume]

No

Control Panel was what people used before they added a dedicated settings application that's pure ass

[peak plume]

Yes that

[willow zealot]

yeah still a thing on w11

[peak plume]

See under programs the blue "uninstall a program"?

Click that

[willow zealot]

theres no ark

[peak plume]

Then you can search for what programs you want removed and yeah

Will no if you already did it yourself

[willow zealot]

all my A's

[white copper]

"ShooterGame" is ark

[willow zealot]

we've already deciphered that

theres just 65gb left over files

that i have no fucking clue how to get rid of

[white copper]

you should probably be able to delete that without causing issues

[willow zealot]

im trying to

but i cant

[white copper]

why?

do you not have admin permissions?

[willow zealot]

well yes but no

i can acess windowapps

but

whenever i try to get rid of it

brb

[white copper]

[peak plume]

💀

[willow zealot]

something like this pops up

mind you im already on the admin account

thinking about it its the ONLY account on my laptop

[hallow anvil]

run windirstat as administrator

bc it sounds like you're just assuming since it's the only account you're already administrator

which is not even close to how it works

[willow zealot]

ive just been trying to delete it manually since im an admin

[willow zealot]

ran it as admin

still gets stuck on the same part

idefk anymore

how does a mf get permission for himself

[hallow anvil]

i mean that folder is all mods

you can open the folder in file explorer and delete them all manually

[willow zealot]

ive tried that

same outcome

[hallow anvil]

you may also be able to remove them from the workshop

[willow zealot]

workshop?

[hallow anvil]

steam workshop

also you've clearly broken something bc nothing else online is having this issue

[white copper]

untrue

not letting you do anything in windowsapps is normal windows behavior

[hallow anvil]

might help

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/unable-to-delete-windowsapps-folders-created-after/82f44cad-233a-4a05-8f1a-788b2887da2d

[white copper]

you'll have to change the permissions on that folder

[hallow anvil]

(which this explains how to do)

[peak plume]

At this point I'd just open a Linux window and sudo rm that fucker

[pastel pier]

good idea, if the problem isn't solved yet maybe run cmd as admin and delete the files using commands?

[peak plume]

Definitely that too

[white copper]

won't work

[hallow anvil]

especially on windows

[white copper]

nah you cant access the windowsapps folder with WSL

[peak plume]

Never used the Linux environment on Windows Terminal so idk what it's limitations are

[willow zealot]

i just let a microsft mf take control of my laptop

he got rid of it

[peak plume]

Damn

[stone cradle]

Im most likely late but do you have any stored up cache on your pc that you dont know abt

[outer quarry]

delete System32, its a virus

[copper wolf]

Wait how

[peak python]

it just is

[copper wolf]

Understandable

Also nater, you just joined the server?

[peak python]

not JUST now but earlier today yes

[copper wolf]

Ah lol