after august update,Windows Update Cleanup is gone


  1. Posts : 476
    windows 7 ultimate 64bit
       #1

    after august update,Windows Update Cleanup is gone


    Hi
    after every update , i used to run as administrator Disk Cleanup and clean windows update

    and Disk cleanup kept always 2mb under windows update cleanup

    well , i update august update , i reboot , and after i run as administrator disk cleanup and i select windows update cleanup

    the odd thing is that it deleted without a reboot! in the past when i wanted to clean the windows update via Disk cleanup w7 performs this action after the reboot

    well the point is that now when i run as administrator disk cleanup , in the list windows update cleanup is gone

    weird there is still the option "back file service pack" -> 0 kb

    but there is no more windows update cleanup option , it's gone

    thanks
    sorry for my poor english
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  2. Posts : 21,482
    Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
       #2

    Since I never use the option I've not noticed anything amiss here - but when I ran the Cleanup, it properly scanned the WU cleanup area and gave me the option to remove 7.3GB of data (I need the older updates, so didn't take the option!)

    I'll have a play in a VM later and see if I can reproduce your observation - I'll also refer a couple of other specialists to the thread and see if they have seen anything similar.
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  3. Posts : 476
    windows 7 ultimate 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    NoelDP said:
    Since I never use the option I've not noticed anything amiss here - but when I ran the Cleanup, it properly scanned the WU cleanup area and gave me the option to remove 7.3GB of data (I need the older updates, so didn't take the option!)

    I'll have a play in a VM later and see if I can reproduce your observation - I'll also refer a couple of other specialists to the thread and see if they have seen anything similar.
    thanks Noel
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  4. Posts : 4,776
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #4

    Question


    What happens if you try this?

    Start> Run then type

    cleanmgr.exe sageset:10

    Press Enter

    In the window that appears - click Clean up system files - do you see the windows Update Cleanup option available?

    Attachment 330069

    If it's available make your choices then click OK.

    Then run cleanmgr.exe sagerun:10 to run disk cleanup with advanced options.

    Also see this if you haven't got update kb2852386 installed:

    Disk Cleanup Wizard addon lets users delete outdated Windows updates on Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
    Last edited by Callender; 21 Aug 2014 at 14:05. Reason: Add image
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  5. Posts : 476
    windows 7 ultimate 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Callender said:
    What happens if you try this?

    Start> Run then type

    cleanmgr.exe sageset:10

    Press Enter

    In the window that appears - click Clean up system files - do you see the windows Update Cleanup option available?

    Attachment 330069

    If it's available make your choices then click OK.

    Then run cleanmgr.exe sagerun:10 to run disk cleanup with advanced options.

    Also see this if you haven't got update kb2852386 installed:

    Disk Cleanup Wizard addon lets users delete outdated Windows updates on Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

    i run it and i have lots of options





    i don't have clean up system files ,your screenshot with the green arrow

    Also see this if you haven't got update kb2852386 installed:
    yes i have installed

    but if you run clean disk normally do you have clean windows update option?


    thanks
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  6. Posts : 21,482
    Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
       #6

    The 'Deep Clean' option is only available when Disk Cleanup is run as an Administrator
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  7. Posts : 4,776
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #7

    Disk Cleanup


    drugo said:


    i run it and i have lots of options





    i don't have clean up system files ,your screenshot with the green arrow

    Also see this if you haven't got update kb2852386 installed:
    yes i have installed

    but if you run clean disk normally do you have clean windows update option?


    thanks
    I I run Disk Cleanup in the usual way here's what I see:

    Attachment 330199

    Attachment 330200

    So there are no advanced options shown. As NoelDP says - you need to run as administrator to see them.

    Start> All Programs> Accessories> System Tools

    Right Click Disk Cleanup and choose run as admin. Then you see more options.

    Hopefully this helps!
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  8. Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       #8

    When you run Disk Cleanup ... run as administrator

    You should see Disk cleanup status bar -> scanning for Windows Updates(WU) that meet the criteria

    You will only see the checkbox if there is something to process.
    In other words, if there are no superseded WUs, there is nothing to process and the checkbox is not presented (I think ... I'm fairly sure ... I could be mistaken ... but I think that is how the deep clean works)
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  9. Posts : 476
    windows 7 ultimate 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Slartybart said:
    When you run Disk Cleanup ... run as administrator

    You should see Disk cleanup status bar -> scanning for Windows Updates(WU) that meet the criteria

    You will only see the checkbox if there is something to process.
    In other words, if there are no superseded WUs, there is nothing to process and the checkbox is not presented (I think ... I'm fairly sure ... I could be mistaken ... but I think that is how the deep clean works)
    thanks!
    i run disk cleanup always as administrator
    so i have to wait for the future updates
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