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How to find and delete windows dump files

Anonymous
2018-12-20T17:40:38+00:00

I have a question. Where does windows keep dump files and how can I delete them? As part of my AV software it finds junk files and wants me to buy a program to remove them. And one of the things it tells me about is windows dump files. The problem is I can't find where they are. If I can find them I can just delete them myself without needing to buy or download anything. Can someone tell me how to delete these dump files?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-12-23T17:20:43+00:00

    Well I did not find any files called windows.dmp or any thing like that but I did show me two folders called dmp one is located in windows\syswow64\com and the other is in windows\system32\com. I don't have permission to open them, and because of where they are I don't want to bother them, but it might be possible that the dump files are in there. I guess if they get to large I will just have to use CCleaner to remove them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-12-20T20:41:49+00:00

    Hi CreeperKing

    Open Windows File Explorer, just do a straight search on your C drive, by typing *.dmp in the search box at the top right, does that find the location of the dump files?

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-12-20T20:38:35+00:00

    That is my problem. I do not see any dmp files inside the windows folder and the windows\minidump folder is empty it does not show me anything, but my AV software (I use AVG) says that windows dump files take up almost a GB yet I cant find any of them. I understand that I could use CCleaner to remove them but I just want to know why I can't find them.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-12-20T17:44:08+00:00

    Hi KreeperKing

    Yes, you can just delete the Dump Files, you may need to provide permission

    You will find the dump files in C:\Windows and in C:\Windows\MiniDump

    However, the most successful way to remove all dump files is:

    Open File Explorer

    Click on your hard drive

    On the Manage Tab, click Cleanup

    Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

    Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

    Start Disk Cleanup again

    Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

    This time in the resulting dialog, click 'Cleanup System Files'

    Let Disk Cleanup run another scan

    Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-12-20T17:43:04+00:00

    Hi, I´m Douglas M.

    I would like to help you, this case shows us how:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

    Let me know, please

    kinds Regards

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