How to Reduce the Size of the Winsxs Folder

– Describes the Winsxs folder and demonstrates how to reduce its size using Disk Cleanup and the dism.exe tool.

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Links:

Analyze the Windows Component Store and Winsxs folder:

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

Cleanup the Windows Component Store and Winsxs folder:

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

Update for Windows 7 computers to allow the Windows Update Cleanup option to appear in Disk Cleanup (KB 2852386):

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2852386

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