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winsxs folder in vista x64 ultimate

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AznMaverick

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I have a 40 GB partition for vista and the winsxs folder in C:\Windows is taking up about 12 GB. I'm wondering what I can do to clean it out. I've googled some info about what the folder is, nothing about what I can do to empty it out. Any suggestions?
 
Yeah, I read that too. I read that these files are needed to support apps that are made to run on 32 bit and other platforms better. But I also understand that there are duplicate system files there as well. Wish MS would clean up after itself better. I also forgot that since i installed 8 GB of RAM i should lower my page file and that is another reason my HDD space is so low.
 
Originally posted by: AznMaverick
Yeah, I read that too. I read that these files are needed to support apps that are made to run on 32 bit and other platforms better. But I also understand that there are duplicate system files there as well. Wish MS would clean up after itself better. I also forgot that since i installed 8 GB of RAM i should lower my page file and that is another reason my HDD space is so low.
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The duplicate files are actually hardlinks, the DONT take as much space as a simple dir would suggest. See the sxs discussion here http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx
 
Same here. My folder is up to 13+gb, and my one roomy 50gb partition is now pinched. I deleted as much fluff as I could and freed up 17gb, but it wasn't easy.
 
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