Most of you may have noticed the WinSxS folder in Windows 11/10/8/7 and been surprised at its size. For those who have not, the folder is situated at C:\Windows\WinSxS and has a whopping size! Mine is ...

Microsoft is planning to improve its Component Store Cleanup utility in Windows 8.1. A future Windows 8.1 release will add the ability to carry out "deep clean operations without requiring a reboot," ...

How to clean up Windows 10’s WinSxS folder using the StartComponentCleanup task Your email has been sent Task Scheduler offers a preconfigured task that may help you clean out additional files from ...

Microsoft's new patch lets you clean up Windows bloat from earlier patches and quickly reclaim 1GB to 3GB of space Think of the WinSxS folder as a Windows elephants’ graveyard. When Microsoft patches ...

How to clean up system files with the Windows 10 Disk Cleanup tool Your email has been sent Get rid of unnecessary files with the help of the Clean Up System Files feature. Windows 10 has a feature ...

Not many of you may know this, nor has this been blogged anywhere—yet—but Windows 11/10/8.1/8 lets you safely clean up the WinSxS folder. In fact, you can even automate WinSxS folder cleanup using the ...