11GB winsxs folder :(

Frapple · 17 Apr 2011 at 19:08

Hi all,

Trying to put a few games on my SSD & noticed this folder is taking up a huge chunk!

Also pagefile.sys is 6gb+ - shirley that can't be right?

5er driver · 17 Apr 2011 at 19:32

The system needs everything in the winsxs folder. If you have at least 4 GB RAM you can reduce the page file to Min 512 MB and Max 1024 MB. That will save you 5 GB. Also you can reduce the System Restore space to 1 GB. Vista uses 15% drive space as a default for System Restore, W7 uses about 5%. You can save lots of GBs there.

rpstewart · 17 Apr 2011 at 19:46

Frapple said:
shirley that can't be right?

Yep, it's about right. Oh, and don't call me Shirley

JimAroo · 17 Apr 2011 at 21:26

I've had this Windows 7 installation for over a year now and my "winsxs" folder is 7.5GB.

Don't think there is anything you can do with your winsxs folder, without risking wrecking your windows installation anyway.

boosfuk · 18 Apr 2011 at 08:02

There is nothing you can do other than format and reinstall. The WINSXS folder always grows over time and mine was also around 8GB after a year.

HarryPainful · 18 Apr 2011 at 11:01

5.7GB on my work laptop, had W7 on it for about 2 weeks.

twist3d0n3 · 19 Apr 2011 at 00:50

drag it all to the recycle bin, report back how you get on

jak731 · 19 Apr 2011 at 00:55

Disable hibernate and you will get ~4gb back, nothing adverse unless you want to hibernate obviously

Type cmd into the start search bar and open it as admin, then type <powercfg -h on> (without the <>) and wahey.

5er driver · 19 Apr 2011 at 08:21

You can also reduce the Recycle Bin size, I put mine at 64 MB. I think the default size on my systems was a gig or 2.

Frapple · 19 Apr 2011 at 10:23

Ran

dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded

On my work laptop & it dropped from 10.3gb to 5.8gb, will do it at home tonight.

Destination · 19 Apr 2011 at 14:20

Interesting, mine apears to have dropped by around the same amount, nice way to get back 3-4 GB.
Good work.

Frapple · 19 Apr 2011 at 14:38

Hikari Kisugi said:
Interesting, mine apears to have dropped by around the same amount, nice way to get back 3-4 GB.
Good work.

Taken from this thread courtesy of marc2003!

GeezerButler · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:05

Frapple said:
Ran

dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded

On my work laptop & it dropped from 10.3gb to 5.8gb, will do it at home tonight.

Just ran this - cleared 3GB. Handy on a 40GB SSD. I guess you would be stuck if you wanted to roll back service pack though....best be sure everything's working first.