WinSxS folder
Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife
I know this topic has been discussed numerous times over the years, but as server OSes advance, there is always hope that management of this folder has gotten better.
I have a Server 2016 box in my environment, that has a 100GB system drive. Out of that 100GB, 60+GB is in the WinSxS folder. Is there any “safe” method of cleaning this up? I’ve been looking at the DISM method, but have seen notes that there is a risk of data loss using this method, which, of course, makes me a little nervous. Does anyone have something they do on a regular basis, to try and manage the size of this folder?
Thanks,
Joe Heaton
Managed Services and Operational Support Unit
Information Technology Operations Branch
Data and Technology Division
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
Markus Klocker
Never encountered data loss. The only loss I can see is the ability to uninstall the current CU or the one before and so on.
Actually in our case after using the /ResetBase switch some machines finally did the feature upgrade.
Other than that no tools known to us.
All in all the mantra is reinstall on a regular basis
hth
Markus
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Official documentation from Microsoft about the WinSxS folder cleaning: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/clean-up-the-winsxs-folder?view=windows-10
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Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife
Did running the command recover any drive space?
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