{"id":594,"date":"2015-11-10T13:14:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T13:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kb2.host.dbj.systems\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&amp;p=594"},"modified":"2015-11-10T13:14:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T13:14:13","slug":"windows-c-drive-getting-low-on-space","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dbj.systems\/kb\/portfolio\/windows-c-drive-getting-low-on-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows C: drive getting low on space?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Windows libraries to the rescue<\/h2>\n<p>An Windows 7 solution<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1054px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i1-news.softpedia-static.com\/images\/news2\/How-to-Add-Tabs-to-File-Explorer-in-Windows-8-1-408296-2.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i1-news.softpedia-static.com\/images\/news2\/How-to-Add-Tabs-to-File-Explorer-in-Windows-8-1-408296-2.png?resize=1054%2C673\" alt=\"\" width=\"1054\" height=\"673\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windows Files Explorer showing C: drive dangerously full<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you are &#8220;just&#8221; wanting to save C:\\ space, then you might consider this below. This solution will allow you to access the files, in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File_Explorer#\/media\/File:Windows_Explorer_Windows_7.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows File Explore<\/a>r, using your libraries, with the files actually located wherever you like, instead.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a <b>new folder<\/b>\u00a0on the another drive with plenty of free space\n<ul>\n<li>at any location you want.\n<ul>\n<li>Example: E:\\myBigFiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>From your user files on C:\\users\\&lt;user name&gt;, move any files you want into this new folder.\n<ul>\n<li>Example: move files from c:\\users\\&lt;user name&gt;\\Documents to E:\\myBigFiles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com\/tutorials\/585-library-include-folder.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Include the new folder into a library<\/b><\/a> of your choice.<\/li>\n<li>If you like, you can also set the new folder to be the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com\/tutorials\/595-library-set-save-folder.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>default &#8220;save&#8221; to location<\/b><\/a> for the library as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Job done. Your C: drive will have more space and you will be able to find quickly your big files in a library of your choice.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Important: This way you will not have to worry about any potential issues that come with advanced methods of moving user folder locations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows libraries to the rescue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"jetpack-portfolio-type":[120],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[127],"class_list":["post-594","jetpack-portfolio","type-jetpack-portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","jetpack-portfolio-type-support","jetpack-portfolio-tag-windows-7","czr-hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbj.systems\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbj.systems\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbj.systems\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbj.systems\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbj.systems\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dbj.systems\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbj.systems\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbj.systems\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbj.systems\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}