http://www.abdevelopment.ca/taxonomy/term/32/0 en http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/reduce-size-vistas-winsxs-folder <p>I've been looking for this for a long time. On Windows Vista, there is a folder called <a href="http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archives/1306-Demystifying-the-WinSxS-directory-in-Windows-XP,-Vista-and-Server-20032008.html">"WinSxS"</a>, which stands for "Windows Side by Side". It's a part of the move to a "component" based architecture, where the WinSxS folder contains multiple versions of a component such as Windows Media Player or IIS, and the appropriate versions are hard-linked into the system. Unfortunately, Windows is stupid (surprise!), and provides no easy way to remove old versions.</p> <div class="field field-type-link field-field-links"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Related Links:&nbsp;</div> <a href="https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askcore/2008/09/17/what-is-the-winsxs-directory-in-windows-2008-and-windows-vista-and-why-is-it-so-large/">What is the WINSXS directory in Windows 2008 and Windows Vista and why is it so large?</a> </div> <div class="field-item"> <div class="field-label-inline"> Related Links:&nbsp;</div> <a href="http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/archives/1306-Demystifying-the-WinSxS-directory-in-Windows-XP,-Vista-and-Server-20032008.html">Demystifying the WinSxS directory in Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003/2008</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/reduce-size-vistas-winsxs-folder" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.abdevelopment.ca/blog/reduce-size-vistas-winsxs-folder#comments Windows Vista Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:23:12 +0000 andrew 59 at http://www.abdevelopment.ca