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clean up and reclaim disk space

Apps can leave lots of unused files behind, such as huge dump files, lots of log files. Let's clean them up and reclaim some disk space.

We can use a disk usage analyzer such as WizTree (which is very fast on NTFS disk since it reads from $MFT).

  • Desktop Central

    • C:\Program Files (x86)\DesktopCentral_Agent\logs\
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\DesktopCentral_Agent\logs\Dump\
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\DesktopCentral_Agent\USB\Record\ (here's the home for thousands of extremely long file names)
  • Dell Command Update

    • C:\Windows\{DDA48389-C896-48D7-981F-F935B938B0DE}\
    • and similar folders
  • Dell Power Manager

    • C:\Windows\{99D1A468-B023-42D4-9816-F2EF0C67631F}\
    • and similar folders
  • Not safe to delete

many long file names (up to 202 characters) in DesktopCentral_Agent/USB/Record https://imgur.com/a/YpCzAk9

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