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How To Reduce Size of WinSXS

A bit more research later and I found that Vista SP2 has a similar Service Pack Cleanup Tool in the same C:WindowsSystem32 directory called COMPCLN.exe. You can start the program by using the following instructions:

  1. Click Start > Run
  2. Type in CMD and press [enter]
  3. At the command prompt, type COMPCLN and press [enter]
  4. Press Y when prompted to continue
    (the application will now start cleaning up the old files)

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The size of the WinSXS folder (and potentially others?) should now have been reduced. On my computer, I found that the WinSXS folder was only reduced by 1 GB, but others have seen 3-4 GB reductions.


Categorised as: Microsoft, Networking, Windows Upgrade


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