Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
2 votes
1 answer
28k views

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 ...
Not So Sharp's user avatar
0 votes
1 answer
2k views

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 ...
Bill Pochron's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
2k views

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 ...
Estella's user avatar
  • 123
3 votes
1 answer
6k views

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 ...
Dili's user avatar
  • 139