Windows 11 Why does Apps say it’s taking up more storage than the sum of the apps?

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Hi, I'm trying to clear some space on my windows 11 laptop.I've run the usual "cleaning disk" and it didn't help at all. I've cleaned :C drive doesn't change a thing.I downloaded WinDirStat which scan the whole disk in detail and shows where are the biggest files and folders.When sum up it says there's around 180gb of used space out of 454gb.In windows storage it says i'm using 359gb.... so there's about 180gb of hidden / invisible files. Mostly "apps" but no... I've checked again and again.And don't get me wrong, I do know what I'm doing but simply don't understand why, and where are those fi

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