winsxs folder in c:\Windows

MitchRapp · Mar 22, 2008, 01:00 AM

OKay so this is quite a shock to me

it seems that windows vista has this folder in c:\windows\winsxs ... it contains 49,731 files... 13,746 folders for a grand total of 9.96gigs

this totals HALF my hard drive's amount of files and folders ... seems like a giant waste.

Anyone know the use of this folder (it seems to contain a copy of every single patch I've installed) and whether or not it can be cleaned up?

PangingJr · Mar 24, 2008, 02:00 PM

Folder "Winsxs" size more than 6.5 gb - TechNet Forums

narwal · Mar 25, 2008, 10:07 PM

Vista works as though WinME did before in year 2000.

MitchRapp · Apr 9, 2008, 01:06 AM

God help us all...

after updating today (10 updates), my windows folder is 17 GIGS

10,692,772 KB = winsxs
1,338,652 KB = Installer
1,126,660 KB = System32
1,047,428 KB = SysWOW64
919,480 KB = assembly

the rest is here and there ... WHAT THE HELLLLLLLLLLLL man I don't really mind but this is shocking stuff.

After 2 years of updating Vista, do u guys think it'll take up sometime like 70 gigs??? I can't wait to find out lol...

So much for putting Vista on a 16gb iRAM drive...

**temeteus82** · Apr 9, 2008, 08:26 AM

lol I usually compress the winsxs folder

PangingJr · Apr 9, 2008, 08:52 AM

in XP i used to use upto 35GB (starting from around 10GB or so when hard drive's free space were hard to find back then) for system drives,
but now for Vista i begin to use around 40-80GB for system partitions. i don't care about compressing system files by myself any more since a larger drives are now available at low cost.

btw, i couldn't see the topic name. lol.

MitchRapp · Apr 10, 2008, 04:20 AM

those KB's are Kilobytes man. not windows patches.

I'm showing you how big (in Kilobytes) my windows folder is. and its contents.

anyways this has gotten pointless... I can't wait for someone to figure out what's safe to remove and what's not. The size and amount of files in that folder pisses me off.

MitchRapp · Apr 10, 2008, 04:21 AM

Winsxs = 50,000 files as of right now.

Mar 22, 2008, 01:00 AM	#1
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	winsxs folder in c:\Windows OKay so this is quite a shock to me it seems that windows vista has this folder in c:\windows\winsxs ... it contains 49,731 files... 13,746 folders for a grand total of 9.96gigs this totals HALF my hard drive's amount of files and folders ... seems like a giant waste. Anyone know the use of this folder (it seems to contain a copy of every single patch I've installed) and whether or not it can be cleaned up?

Apr 9, 2008, 08:52 AM	#6
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	in XP i used to use upto 35GB (starting from around 10GB or so when hard drive's free space were hard to find back then) for system drives, but now for Vista i begin to use around 40-80GB for system partitions. i don't care about compressing system files by myself any more since a larger drives are now available at low cost. btw, i couldn't see the topic name. lol. Last edited by PangingJr; Apr 9, 2008 at 09:02 AM.

Mar 24, 2008, 02:00 PM	#2
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	Folder "Winsxs" size more than 6.5 gb - TechNet Forums

Mar 25, 2008, 10:07 PM	#3
narwal DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	Vista works as though WinME did before in year 2000.

Apr 9, 2008, 01:06 AM	Thread Starter #4
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	God help us all... after updating today (10 updates), my windows folder is 17 GIGS 10,692,772 KB = winsxs 1,338,652 KB = Installer 1,126,660 KB = System32 1,047,428 KB = SysWOW64 919,480 KB = assembly the rest is here and there ... WHAT THE HELLLLLLLLLLLL man I don't really mind but this is shocking stuff. After 2 years of updating Vista, do u guys think it'll take up sometime like 70 gigs??? I can't wait to find out lol... So much for putting Vista on a 16gb iRAM drive...

Apr 10, 2008, 04:20 AM	Thread Starter #7
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	those KB's are Kilobytes man. not windows patches. I'm showing you how big (in Kilobytes) my windows folder is. and its contents. anyways this has gotten pointless... I can't wait for someone to figure out what's safe to remove and what's not. The size and amount of files in that folder pisses me off.

Apr 10, 2008, 04:21 AM	Thread Starter #8
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	Winsxs = 50,000 files as of right now.