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 ...

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 ...

How to clean up Windows 10’s WinSxS folder using the StartComponentCleanup task Your email has been sent Task Scheduler offers a preconfigured task that may help you clean out additional files from ...

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 ...

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).

Microsoft's new patch lets you clean up Windows bloat from earlier patches and quickly reclaim 1GB to 3GB of space Think of the WinSxS folder as a Windows elephants’ graveyard. When Microsoft patches ...

Windows: Microsoft has released a Windows 7 update that adds a new option in the Disk Cleanup tool called Windows Update Cleanup. With it, you can free up several gigabytes of hard drive space from ...

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 ...

Not many of you may know this, nor has this been blogged anywhere—yet—but Windows 11/10/8.1/8 lets you safely clean up the WinSxS folder. In fact, you can even automate WinSxS folder cleanup using the ...