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** [http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2013/10/07/breaking-news-reduce-the-size-of-the-winsxs-directory-and-free-up-disk-space-with-a-new-update-for-windows-7-sp1-clients.aspx Breaking News! Reduce the size of the WinSxS Directory and Free up Disk Space with a New Update for Windows 7 SP1 Clients] |
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* [http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/09578403-a363-49ac-beb1-33f0da8d0e25/how-to-reduce-the-size-of-winsxs-in-windows-7-ultimate-x64?forum=w7itproperf How to reduce the size of winsxs in windows 7 ultimate x64] |
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ctts.exe C:\Windows # Get real size of windows folders (handle soft links / hard links) |
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* [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2008/11/19/disk-space.aspx Engineering Windows 7 - Disk Space]<br/>Windows engineering trying to justify what cannot be justified, with bad arguments. |
* [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2008/11/19/disk-space.aspx Engineering Windows 7 - Disk Space]<br/>Windows engineering trying to justify what cannot be justified, with bad arguments. |
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Revision as of 13:56, 27 October 2013
Cleaning up Windows 7
Windows 7, as any Microsoft product, comes with a lot of bloat and crap. Unfortunately design is so bad that there is no way to clean it up. Here some links to help a bit.
Best Guides
dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded # To run in admin, and in sys32
Disable hibernation
- Disable it as follows
powercfg.exe -h off
winsxs
- Disk Cleanup update
Microsoft issued an update of Disk Cleanup that allows to reduce a bit the winsxs folder. - How to reduce the size of winsxs in windows 7 ultimate x64
ctts.exe C:\Windows # Get real size of windows folders (handle soft links / hard links)
- Engineering Windows 7 - Disk Space
Windows engineering trying to justify what cannot be justified, with bad arguments.
DriverStore
- How do I delete folders from the Windows 7 DriverStore?
This was of no help for me on pc-112-597. I had to delete the folder manually
Other links for general information: