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Windows has that built-in. Just uninstall whatever is taking up the most space. Which is likely a game.

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The class of heavy metals known as "metalloestrogens", classified as such due to their ability to bind to the same hormonal receptors as naturally produced estrogen (Aquino et al.), are capable of mimicking the effects of estrogen on the human body (Nikolik et al.). Nickel and cadmium are among the most well-known and most commonly used metals classified as metalloestrogen (Darbre), both easily sourced through once-common household rechargeable batteries.

Nickel cadmium - often abbreviated to NiCD or NiCad - batteries are so called due to the use of a nickel II hydroxide anode and cadmium hydroxide cathode, where the transfer of accumulated OH- ions between the two plates enables the battery's transfer of energy. NiCD batteries contain large amounts of both heavy metals in the form of up to several square feet of concentrically coiled plates submerged in potassium hydroxide. Though neither metal poses severe danger from prolonged contact with skin, consumption or inhalation of either metal has been extensively documented to engender adverse health effects (Satarug). 

A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

Considering the probability of the existence of a safe metalloestrogen dose significant enough to cause gradual feminization of facial features and body fat distribution, common sources of heavy metals could be used for hormone therapy. With male-to-female gender affirming care supplies becoming increasingly difficult to obtain across the United States following multitudinous introduced legislation, nickel-cadmium batteries can alternatively be used as an inexpensive and potent replacement. 

 

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      Aquino NB, Sevigny MB, Sabangan J, Louie MC. The role of cadmium and nickel in estrogen receptor signaling and breast cancer: metalloestrogens or not? J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2012;30(3):189-224. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2012.705159. PMID: 22970719; PMCID: PMC3476837.

      Rollerova, E., Urbancikova, N. Intracellular estrogen receptors, their characterization and function (Review). https://www.sav.sk/journals/endo/full/er0400f.pdf.

      Nikolic J, Sokolovic D. Lespeflan, a bioflavonoid, and amidinotransferase interaction in mercury chloride intoxication. Ren Fail. 2004 Nov;26(6):607-11. doi: 10.1081/jdi-200037149. PMID: 15600250.

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1 hour ago, smytherrr said:

yeah i just saw something about when u uninstall something sometimes files are left behind ig i gotta stop beleiving everything i see 

When you uninstall something, most often the things left behind are small config files and registry entries. Nothing that would take a significant amount of space.

There are applications that claim to clean this. But they often cause more harm than good to your windows installation by deleting files it should not.

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3 hours ago, smytherrr said:

yeah i just saw something about when u uninstall something sometimes files are left behind ig i gotta stop beleiving everything i see 

For that, you need something like https://uninstalr.com BUT always manually review the "leftover" files/registries before you delete them. 

 

3 hours ago, smytherrr said:

just wondering if theres any good tools to help free up some space in my drive 

Something like WizTree to check for old/left over cached/files?

https://www.diskanalyzer.com

 

 

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Echoing above.

 

Disk Cleanup (built in) to get the usual crap.

 

WizTree to visualize where all your space is going on a macro scale. https://diskanalyzer.com/

 

Bulk Crap Uninstaller to either individually or in bulk, uninstall all the garbage you might have installed over the years and catch all the stuff normal uninstallers leave behind. https://www.bcuninstaller.com/

 

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the only thing I use is Wise Registry Cleaner from the MS store, that and Device Manager.

 

1) uninstall whatever you are removing through the normal channels, whether that is through the program or Windows.

2) Run Wise Registry Cleaner and uncheck any results you are not sure of. Leave only the things associated with the program you uninstalled if your nervous.

(I have never had any problem using this program and just going with it's recommendations, but I always double check. It will flag what seems like a lot, but majority are temp entries and recently used file info lists (MRU) that can safely be removed.)

3) Go into Device Manager and select "Show Hidden Devices" and that will show all the hardware that was ever installed and you can safely remove any greyed out entries and delete any associated drivers.

4) Reboot

 

there may still be some remnant files left over in the users\$username$\AppData\Local\ folder (hidden by default)

 

I used that methodology when transferring my SSD/OS to a new Motherboard/cpu setup without having to re-install Windows. Been months now and zero issues.

 

 

on a side note I always wonder, some will say it's not needed to clean up remnants in the registry and stuff, 

Then why the hell does everyone here recommend using DDU???

 

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