Saturday, December 14, 2013

Windows 8.1 and the mythical WinSxS

To see the actual size of the WinSxS folder in Windows 8.1

/>dism /online /cleanup-image /analyzecomponentstore

Backups and Cache is the actual space used by WinSxS

To cleanup the folder in Windows 8.1 

/> dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
To do it on previous versions (to w7 or vista)
/>dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded
After running this command its no longer possible to uninstall updates or servicepacks. But most people don’t and if you change your mind, you can always get the msi-package and still do an uninstall.
 


References:


http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn251566.aspx


http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn251565.aspx

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