What exactly is Disk Cleanup going to delete with nothing selected?

Xirix

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Okay, So for some reason thumbnails have stopped appearing on video files larger than about 4.5 gigs, this is very recent and I'm not sure why, someone suggested to me that my thumbnail cache might be damaged or somesuch, and to run Disk Cleanup to reset the thumbnail cache.

Now that's all well and good, I actually haven't run it since I installed Windows 7 about 3 years ago. The thumbnail cache is at 100mb.

Now here's my issue, with nothing in the list selected, it says running the cleaner will delete 10 gigs from my C drive, so... what is this going to be deleting exactly? It's a little disconcerting to have nothing selected and have Windows telling me it's going to free up 10 gigs somehow.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate 64Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz12.00 GBATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (1 gig I think)
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P7P55D-E LX
Memory
12.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (1 gig I think)
Sound Card
(1) M-Audio Revolution 5.1 (2) AMD High Definition Audio D
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus VE278H 27"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
(1) MAXTOR STM3250310AS ATA Device (2) ST2000DM001-1CH164 ATA Device (3) ST2000DM001-1ER164 ATA Device (4) WDC WD10EARS-22Y5B1 ATA Device (5) Generic USB SD Reader USB Device
PSU
OCZ700
Disk Cleanup keeps two totals of Disk Space. The first total is located at top of the menu, next to the window logo + disk icon. The second Tally is located under the tick sheet scroll window. One of them changes when you add or remove more ticks, the other is constant total, and is equal to the total if all ticks where chosen.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 x64, Vista x64, 8.1 smartphoneIntel E8400 65W 64-bitDDR2 2 x 2GB, 1GB x 2XFX Radeon HD5750
Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 x64, Vista x64, 8.1 smartphone
CPU
Intel E8400 65W 64-bit
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR
Memory
DDR2 2 x 2GB, 1GB x 2
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD5750
Sound Card
AMD High Definition Audio; Realtek High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
iiyama prolite X2377HDS
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
500GB 7200 rpm Seagate ST3500413AS 16MB, 500GB 5400 rpm Toshiba MQ02ABF050H 32MB, 200GB 7200 rpm Seagate ST3200820AS 8MB, 2TB 7200 rpm Western Digital WD20EZRX 64MB
PSU
Enermax Liberty Modular
Case
Antec P193 Midi Tower
Keyboard
Mionix ZIBAL 60
Mouse
Razer USB 2.0 Diamondback Mouse or Huion Graphics Tablet
Browser
Internet Explorer, Lunascape, Firefox, Opera, Avast Safezone
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