Questions tagged [winsxs]
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Is 'sfc /scannow' really needed after 'Dism /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth'?
I've been trying to delve deeper into how Dism /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and sfc /scannow works and came to a conclusion that, in terms of the final result, /RestoreHealth completely covers and ...
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How can I fix this error in the DISM log file?
I want to repair a corrupted Windows installed on a hard disk through another PC.The wim file that I use as a source for repair was extracted from another wim file that contains several versions of ...
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Is Task Scheduler's StartComponentCleanup the exact same utility/process as dism.exe's StartComponentCleanup?
I have a computer that I can only access remotely, and running a scheduled Microsoft/Windows/Servicing/StartComponentCleanup with Task Scheduler seems to timeout after several hours. However, when I ...
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WinSxS filling so fast that DISM cleanup cannot operate
I have a Windows 10 machine that is seeing the WinSxS folder fill up so quickly that DISM cannot run, and c: shows 0 bytes free. The machine also has a D: with 30 GB+ free space, so I have tried ...
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Can I replace the WinSxS or Windows folder?
I am facing some issues with a corrupt WinSxS folder so I would like to know if I can replace the folder with the WinSxS folder which is in the install.wim in my installation cd/iso. Will it affect ...
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What does “ICACLS C:\Windows\winsxs” do?
Originally posted by me on Stack Overflow, reposted here because this seems like a more relevant site for this question. Some wording has been slightly edited and more information has been added.
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Can I safely delete all inside the C:\Windows\WinSxS\Temp folder only?
I have reviewed the Similar questions suggested after creating my post Title and none are direct or helpful just for my needs.
In Windows 10 Pro, v1909, build 18363.1316 clean installed in Nov. 2019 I ...
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DLL reported as missing in WinSxS, but exists
My laptop runs Windows 10, and when I try to lauch some installers, the following error appears:
The code execution cannot proceed because
C:\windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-...
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SnippingTool.exe not located where it appears to be?
I just bought a new SteelSeries mouse. I'm trying program button 6 to launch "SnippingTool.exe".
SnippingTool.exe appears to be located at "C:\windows\system32\SnippingTool.exe" or at least it shows ...
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Windows 10 WinSxS folder. What is the meaning of random number in ssh.exe folder path?
I notice there are 2 ssh.exe in one of the Win 10 computer.
C:\>DIR /s/b C:\ssh.exe
C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh.exe
C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_openssh-client-components-onecore_<RandomNumber1&...
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Boot Win10 tablet with USB stick and access NTFS C: partition
I have messed up with C:\Windows\WinSxS directory in a Win10 32 bit tablet.
Specifically I renamed "Manifests" dir into "Manifests2" and moved all
"x86_*" dirs into a subdir "x86"
Now it won't boot, ...
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WinSxS folder minimizing with DISM online /SPSuperseded vs DISM online /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
In order to minimize WinSxS folder you can use the following DISM commands:
dism /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
Using the /ResetBase switch with the /...
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sxs dlls not found right after login?
I am encountering a strange issue.
An application (a tooltray icon exe) that depends on the x86 Visual C++ 2008 runtime used to start fine. This is on a x64 Windows 7
At the few recent reboots, it ...
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Solve comctl32.dll missing in windows WinSxS
Installed Tencent PC manager on win10 unfortunately it removed a dll file from "C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_659******__****7f4c\" folder, the files are in tencent ...
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What hash type is used by DISM / SFC?
What hash type is represented below?
Example 1: 0h+p0j3/Y9s1ly0mqtU741bzLjqz12mDQGKtVScMeKg=
Example 2: uNryI5MYSV5U5O1NuFPGYexSxm2nLFrRXVqga+nQjw4=
These hashes came from the CBS.log file after ...
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Is it safe to delete files in WinSxS with no hard-links under Vista? [duplicate]
The question is not a duplicate. It's specific for the case of Windows Vista where there's no OS-provided method for reducing the size of the WinSxS folder (as opposed to Windows 7 and later, where ...
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What is the servicing stack and how does it work?
In Windows, there's something called the servicing stack which seems to fulfill the role of a package manager. I don't understand it very well, only that it seems that Component-Based Servicing (CBS), ...
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Why is there a winsxs folder on D: drive and can I safely remove it?
I recently purchased a refurbished laptop with mSATA boot drive (C:) and a spinner disk (D:), with Windows 7 Ultimate + SP1 pre-installed. I had intended to have the entire system on C:, leaving D: ...
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Meaning of last 16 characters in WinSxS manifest file names
The following are two example filenames from the %WINDIR%\WinSxS\Manifests directory:
wow64_microsoft-windows-ntdll_31bf3856ad364e35_6.2.9200.17584_none_bbf51cfcba52b7f7.manifest
amd64_microsoft-...
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Where is the " Clean up System Files" in "Disk Cleanup Wizard"?
I am trying to reduce the size of my WinSxS folder by following this article on How-To Geek:
http://www.howtogeek.com/174705/how-to-reduce-the-size-of-your-winsxs-folder-on-windows-7-or-8/
In there ...
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Deleted contents of winsxs folder and BSOD
What can I safely delete from the "C:\WINDOWS" folder?
I deleted the contents of that folder and my Windows 7 BSODs now.
Do I have to reinstall?
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Option to remove old windows update files from Winsxs not available in disk cleanup; KB2852386 IS installed
I have update KB2852386 installed so that I can cleanup old update files. I have a 30gb SSD which has absolutely NO space left on it. I want to cleanup my winsxs folder (21GB), but the option in disk ...
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cleanup C:\Windows\WinSxS\Temp\PendingDeletes and PendingRenames
Both, the PendingDeletes and the PendingRenames folder within the windows temp folder are about 1GB in size. Is there any save way to empty or delete those folders?
C:\Windows\WinSxS >10GB
C:\Windows\...
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Trying to clean out winsxs using DISM, getting an error
I am running out of space on my 64GB SSD drive, and winsxs is largely to blame.
Here's a screenshot of the problem
Also, notice that CBS.log file (but that's a problem for another day)
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Manually replacing corrupt Windows file
The results of my recent SFC scan have returned bad:
Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log %WinDir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log.
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Windows 8.1 Data usage [duplicate]
The WinSXS folder on my PC currently holds over 6.9GB of data, which is a few hundred files inside the folder named like amd64microsoft-******.
I have read, and read but just can’t seem to find an ...
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How to make Windows Explorer report the correct size of the winsxs folder
I know that the files inside the winsxs folder are not copies but low-level hard links. They look like the full file, but really it's just a shortcut. For this reason, the folder is not taking up as ...
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System files taking up more space than my own files, leaving me with almost no free space?
Computer: HP Stream 11
CPU: Intel Celeron 2.16 GHz Processor
RAM: 2 GB DDR3L SDRAM
Storage: 32 GB SSD
OS: Windows 8.1 with Bing
I bought an HP Stream 11 back in January, and although it's a cheap ...
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Will factory reset in Win7 empty my Winsxs -folder?
I have a Acer laptop with 60gb SSD hard drive. I am totally fed up to the extremely large winsxs folder (~18Gb). If I run the Acer factory reset ( http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/...
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Extracting a file from the WinSxS folder
Specifically, I'd like to get the file explorer.exe of version 6.3.9600.17238 (from Windows 8.1 Update 1). I have the following file on my system:
C:\Windows\WinSxS\wow64_microsoft-windows-...
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Windows Server 2008R2 - Disk Clean does not work
I have a Windows 2008R2 server and my WinSXS folder is 12 GB. I have tried to use the Disk Clean up utility and that does not cleanup the WINSXS foder. Any ideas !!!
I have rebooted this machine ...
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Windows 2008 R2 winsxs folder cleanup
I have a Windows 2008 R2 x64 server. Desktop experience is enabled. I've applied the KB2852386 from Microsoft that adds the Windows Update Cleanup to the diskcleanup tool. When I first ran it, it ...
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Winsxs and Installer in C drive
For the first time ever, I feel like I'm on a Linux computer even though I'm on Windows. I say this, because usually Windows has it's stuff together, especially for something like what is going on ...
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How do I get my winsxs folder to be smaller on windows 7, above and beyond all of the standard disk clean up? [duplicate]
I'm running my computer on a small 100GB SSD. I noticed that there was 22GB left on it, and I started to investigate.
The biggest culprit on my machine was a 32GB WinSxS folder. I was flabbergasted.
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Deleting OLD files in winsxs
I got a new laptop and did the Windows transfer process to move the old laptop files to the new one. It seems along the way it also transferred a bunch of files in the winsxs folder.
I know this ...
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Find real size of Windows/winsxs folder in Cygwin
I'm running Cygwin with the default installation. I'm a complete noobie to Linux & Cygwin. I just figured out how to find all hardlinked files in my c:\windows\winsxs folder. (Navigate to /...
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Cleanmgr won't run - how to empty winsxs [duplicate]
Many posts on the web re:cleanmgr say it requires Desktop Experience, and some that just say copy the two cleanmgr files to System32 (two destinations).
cd C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-...
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Why is my Windows 8.1 WinSXS folder taking up so much space? [closed]
I bought a TOSHIBA laptop yesterday with Windows 8.1. I used it for 2 days and Windows folder is using 21 GB more. I tried deleting a bunch of apps from WindowsApps folder and removed Win8 bloatware ...
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Windows 7 Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool fails when trying to clean C:\windows\winsxs
I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit edition and I am tyring to run the Windows 7 Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool, DISM.exe, have to try and clean/reclaim some space from ...
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Windows 7 SP1 on VMware, fresh installation, same winsxs size after updates?
The size of my Windows 7 SP1 instance on VMware is getting huge, and a considerable part of it is the winsxs directory.
If I create a fresh Windows 7 SP1 instance, and allow Windows to install the ...
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Disappearing space on HDD with Windows 7
i'm trying to help my friend with her computer running Windows 7 64 bit Professional with SP1.
Size of C: partition on her HDD is 36 GB. Free space left is less than 1 GB. Most of space is taken by ...
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can't remove windows 7 update files [duplicate]
I'm trying to free-up space on my windows 7 OS drive. I've install all windows updates to-date and the Windows folder has almost doubled in size. I've read some articles on how to remove unneeded ...
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Batch file to compress WinSxS files that haven't been used in a while [duplicate]
I plan to compress unused files in the WinSxS directory because the directory is too big.
To do so I enabled tracking of last file access time (fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 0). I'll use the ...
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Disable Windows 8.1 Component Store (WinSxS/DriverStore) automatic compression?
Windows 8.1 has a new Scheduled Task (Servicing\StartComponentCleanup) which will automatically delete or compress superseded and unused files from the Side by Side store, DriverStore and drivers ...
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Word pretends to save files, not really saving them
The following oddity has just occurred: one of our users has worked for many hours on a Word document, saving continuously. The document was open all the time, and she didn't close it until it was ...
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Cleaning WinSxS- doesn't work [duplicate]
I've tried the cmd command and Windows cleaner with elevated privileges, but neither has cleaned the WinSxS folder. It says that the task has been completed in the CMD, but WinSxS is still 14 GB. ...
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Moving Windows\winsxs\Backup to another drive
I've installed an SSD and for a number of big directories (e.g. Users\me\Downloads), I've been able to use the Sysinternals "junction" command to create a hard link on C: that references a copy of the ...
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How can I remove the contents of the '/winsxs' folder from an old, nonsystem drive?
I've found plenty of posts talking about whether you can or cannot or should or should not delete or modify the contents of the /windows/winsxs folder. However I have a new installation of windows on ...
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How to recover from a corrupted mfc90.dll under WinSxS folder?
My system disk had been corrupted. I managed to recover from it mostly, but still some programs would not start. sfc /scannow reports that some files were not fixed, and mfc90.dll among them. I ...
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I want to move winsxs folder to another drive. Possible? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can winsxs be moved and if so how?
My SSD is running out of space. The winsxs folder is by far the biggest holder of space. So I wanted to move the folder to another drive, ...
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