LOL Storage Bug on Microsoft Windows 11 Could Eat Up 500 GB Disk Space

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by abdelhousni • 16 days ago

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DarSFX• 16 days ago

The issue is caused by a memory/write leak in the Capability Access Manager (CAM) service, which locks and bloats the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file inside the protected C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager\ folder. │ How to verify if you are affected (Run CMD as Admin): robocopy "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager" "%TEMP%\CAMCheck" /L /B /R:0 /W:0 /BYTES /NP │ Free Manual Fix (PowerShell as Admin): If your file is massive, you must stop the service to release the file lock, delete it, and restart: │ Stop-Service -Name "camsp" -Force Remove-Item -Path "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager\CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal" -Force Start-Service -Name "camsp"

LOL Storage Bug on Microsoft Windows 11 Could Eat Up 500 GB Disk Space

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