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 ...

The WinSxS folder seems to be a one-stop solution for storing files added to your OS via Windows Update. The WinSxS folder, stores multiple copies of dll‘s in order to let multiple applications run in ...

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'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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How to clean up system files with the Windows 10 Disk Cleanup tool Your email has been sent Get rid of unnecessary files with the help of the Clean Up System Files feature. Windows 10 has a feature ...