Good pointer. Add a comment. I've read from several users this does not work: bitsum. This 1 removes the junction, and 2 completely deletes the contents of the target directory. Fuhrmanator I used schinagl. I moved it all to the HDD and created a link. Worked perfectly. Win10 64bit — deroby. Download, install and run PatchCleaner to delete orphaned files. Run Disk Cleanup e. Select the drive to be cleaned. Click on "Clean up system files" and enter credentials if required.
Select the option to clear system files. Open Configuration Manager Properties e. Select the Cache tab. Click on "Configure Settings" and enter credentials if required. Click on "Delete Files Download, install and run Treesize Free. Scan the relevant drive and then manually delete any of the larger folders or files that can be deleted applying the necessary caution. Open File Explorer and navigate to the Windows temp folder e. Then choose to skip all files that cannot be deleted because they are in use.
Steve Chambers Steve Chambers 2 2 gold badges 11 11 silver badges 23 23 bronze badges. Damon Damon 1, 1 1 gold badge 13 13 silver badges 24 24 bronze badges. I use a small program called junction. This wouldn't work in XP. Yes, I'm speaking specifically about a junction. XP doesn't support symbolic links. The solution on the link speaks about symbolic links, not hard links.
I seem to remember doing this originally on XP though and it working for and extended period of time yrs. But I'd believe you first! Show 1 more comment. Welcome to SU and thanks for the contribution. Just a heads up, SU gets a lot of spam, and it typically reads like your answer. It's a safe bet you're not a spammer, given your history on SO, but link-only product recommendations attract downvotes and are usually deleted.
Good guidance here on recommending software. Current Visibility: Visible to all users. WinTechie Hi, Just checking in to see if the information provided was helpful. Comment Show 0. You can, however, reduce the size of the WinSxS folder using tools built into Windows. Hope above information can help you. Not so much on Windows Server.
Related Questions. Windows setup and old files from a Windows update are perfectly safe to delete, though. You can change it if you want, but the empty directory takes up no space, so there is really no need to delete the directory, itself.
The download directory receives all kinds of files—documents and media files, executables, software installation packages, etc. Those files remain there unless you move or delete them.
Downloading files to your computer can quickly fill your hard drive. The Windows Installer Cache, located in c:windowsinstaller folder, is used to store important files for applications installed using the Windows Installer technology and should not be deleted.
Skip to content Android Windows Linux Apple. Home » Windows. See also Does AirPods pro spatial audio work with Android? I looked a bit online and a few feel the original file has been swapped out for something evil from China since Please re-evaluate this file as it has been compromised. What is your evidence that WICleanup has been compromised?
Wow patch cleaner works like a charm. There is now a 4th option! Thank you so much! You safed me 14 GB!!! Best, Mark. Moved the files to another HD for now as a test to see if my system decides to break without them. Hopefully delete soon. This was amazing! Great help! Saved me tonnes of space!
Was tired of having a 3 GB pc that used to hang! So far it works. Greg, I would like to take your advice but keep getting unrecognized command error tried mklink and ln. I am running Windows XP on a very old laptop and I am not very savvy, do you have any suggestions for me? Thanks a lot mate. I have a very small SSD, so these files occupying it were eating almost 3 Gs of valuable space. Junction worked. What about recreating the Installer and winsxs directories on another drive and creating junctions in the original locations?
Tested to work on my Windows 7 machine with windows update, but have not tested going back to a windows restore point. A PC was brought to me today with a full GB hard drive. Nothing in the standard spots like users and such but I was curious so I checked the local apps hidden. Nothing unusual there either. Roughly GB or data. Bumping Byte to Bits! This is crazy I thought. Anyway I knew it was windows updates failing. Looking over everything it has been failing every day since And only today I found an old Microsoft post from , claiming that they will try doing something with this… Three years ago now.
I hope sth will be done in Win 10 with that…. I really recommend checking it out. A little time has passed but I wondered if anyone else had this issue after using the WICleanup utility.
After deleting about 4. Many of the undates have date stamps going back to Does one simply ignore those or what? I had just done an update check so I know none of these were necessary prior to deleting the Installer files. Just group select then click in any of the selected files check box.
All will become checked. Delete away. Completely retarded. I also have the same problem. I found the solution as follows: goto wicleanup directory run wicleanup commandline version with -s silent option.
It will delete all the orphaned files without any further prompt. Thanks… not only did running from command line work… it took mere seconds. Thank you for the great tip! My folder was about 7GB and now is only 1. It is but the program is in English, just translate the page or click a download button on the right hand side of the webpage.
Working on a friends computer. She had THX a Million! Got a long list of files with total 1. Deleted them all. Are you sure your original folder size was 18GB???
You have to install a hell of a lot of software to get anywhere near that size Installer folder. Raymond and I have both just tested WICleanup again and it worked fine on my Win 7 64bit and his Win 7 32bit deleting what it said it would. This is most useful.
This is a file folder I had not investigated till now and find it 2. The WICleanup app could use a select all button -. Thanks for the post.
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