Most of you may have noticed the WinSxS folder in Windows 11/10/8/7 and been surprised at its size. For those who have not, the folder is situated at C:\Windows\WinSxS and has a whopping size! Mine is ...

The WinSxS folder is the location for Windows Component Store files. The Windows Component Store supports the functions needed for installing, customizing, and updating the Windows operating system.

If you've ever dug through your Windows installation drive looking for space hogs, you've probably stumbled upon the WinSxS folder. It's one of those system folders that quietly balloons to 10GB or ...

Microsoft's Component Store Cleanup utility will undergo improvements for Windows 8.1 users. A future Windows 8.1 release will add the ability to carry out "deep clean operations without requiring a ...

Microsoft is planning to improve its Component Store Cleanup utility in Windows 8.1. A future Windows 8.1 release will add the ability to carry out "deep clean operations without requiring a reboot," ...

Microsoft released an optional update last week that adds a Disk Cleanup Wizard to Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. The Disk Cleanup Wizard removes the update files that pile up in the WinSxS ...

Task Scheduler offers a preconfigured task that may help you clean out additional files from the WinSxS folder. This walk-through shows you how it works. In last week’s article, How to clean up system ...

If I search for "*.avi" files inside C, I can find many archives inside an obscure "C Windows\winsxs\ " folder (the winsxs folder has a sub-folder named " " or something like that).

Reboot a computer, and chkdsk runs at startup. Fixes a bunch of things, not exactly sure what as I wasn't really paying attention.<BR><BR>However, when it's done booting, I'm left with a desktop and ...

Get rid of unnecessary files with the help of the Clean Up System Files feature. Windows 10 has a feature built into the Disk Cleanup tool called Clean Up System Files that not many people take full ...