Can't remove Windows Update Clean-Up files and inconsistent Temp files report


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When I go to Settings>System>Storage, I see that there is 17.9Gb of Temporary Files reported. When I click on Temporary files, it only shows a fraction of that total.
Also, when I select 'Windows Update Clean-up' and then 'Remove files', nothing happens, i.e. the files are not removed.
Any ideas?
 
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Thanks. However, I ran that bat file and there is no change. Still says 17.9Gb which doesn't show in Temporary files, and the Windows Clean-up doesn't work.
 

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This usually works:
Code: 
Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup
 

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Thanks, but that made no difference!
 

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"Disk Cleanup" as administrator still works for me.
 

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I uninstalled the last update, reinstalled and then the Update files could be deleted by Clean Up.
Re high temp usage not showing in Clean Up, I reckon it’s the pagefile and hiberfil.
 

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32Gb
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MSI RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio
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