Quick overview:
After you have cleaned up the System File Protection folder as described in this trick, you can now limit it to a certain size for the future. I recommend a maximum size of 100 MB.
Click one after the other on Start > Execute and type it into the command line sfc /cachesize=100 in. After clicking Enter, the limit for this folder is set and you no longer need to worry about precious storage space.
You can find more information about Windows file protection in this knowledge base article: Description of the "Windows file protection" feature
NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.
Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in 2001, his helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.
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