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Uninstall Issues

darktau2199darktau2199 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
edited November 2014 in Windows and General: PC, Network, and Other Technical Issues
So I uninstalled the game through Steam to free up HDD space, expecting to get ~13GB of HDD space back. Instead, only ~200MB gets freed up. What happened to the 13GB folder that was in steamapps/common and is now missing, and why don't I have my HDD space back?
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  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Steam has a habit of hiding games within the steam client folders and in the user folders. You may need to manually delete them as the uninstaller likely only removed the launcher and game exe's, and not the data files/folders.
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  • darktau2199darktau2199 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Again, tried searching for the folder in the steam directory, but it wasn't there. Tried cleaning the registry and rebooting the computer as well.
  • xraiderv1xraiderv1 Member Posts: 488 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    goto: windows control panel, set to classic/view large icons, find folder options, click that, click on view tab, find hidden files and folders, set to show hidden files, folders and drives, click apply.

    you should now be able to find the relevant folders for deletion, just remember to reset that view option to hide those files and folders etc again when you're done.
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  • battykoda0battykoda0 Member Posts: 959 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Just sing the song Hotel California to yourself. You are never allowed to leave here. :D
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  • darktau2199darktau2199 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    xraiderv1 wrote: »
    goto: windows control panel, set to classic/view large icons, find folder options, click that, click on view tab, find hidden files and folders, set to show hidden files, folders and drives, click apply.

    you should now be able to find the relevant folders for deletion, just remember to reset that view option to hide those files and folders etc again when you're done.

    Honestly, that's the first thing I do whenever I install/upgrade Windows.
    battykoda0 wrote: »
    Just sing the song Hotel California to yourself. You are never allowed to leave here. :D

    I plan on reinstalling it when I have money that I can spend on frivolities and not just bills/food so that I can upgrade from this 300GB HDD to something beefier. That being said, I'll be running my normally monthly CHKDSK tonight to see if my drive is starting to go bad. It's a few days earlier than planned, but w/e.
  • darktau2199darktau2199 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited November 2014
    Ran CHKDSK, found no errors. Ugh. Well. I know that next time I'll just delete everything in the folder except for what Steam downloads and then remove the game from my Steam Library.
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