How to remove the file CapabilityAceess Manager.db-wal.

Question

this file is taking up too much room on hard drive. How to remove?

Answer 1

Hello,

Search for CMD in the search box, right-click and open it as administrator. Enter the following commands:

net stop camsvc

takeown /f "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager" /r /d y

icacls "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager" /grant administrators:F /t

del "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager\*.db-wal"

shutdown /r /t 0

Then check if the file usage has decreased.