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Hi all
I have seen many posts about this issue, but havent been able to find a proper answer in any of them.
I have a Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit version running, and the winsxs folder is over 13GB already and growing.
How can I clean this up??
Thanks for the time reading this
Regards Andres
I have a Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit version running, and the winsxs folder is over 13GB already and growing. How can I clean this up??
This is not possible and most files are hardlinks which don't consume space. Read here what the WinSxS folder is:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2010/09/14/need-more-information-about-what-s-in-winsxs-look-here.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2010/08/06/should-you-delete-files-in-the-winsxs-directory-and-what-s-the-deal-with-vss.aspx
if you installed the Windows 7 Sp1, you can run this command to remove the RTM backup files to get some space back:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2011/02/15/how-to-reclaim-space-after-applying-service-pack-1.aspx
André
