Deleting it manually will break Windows.

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," ...

Microsoft's Component Store Cleanup utility will undergo improvements for Windows 8.1 users. A future Windows 8.1 release will add the ability to carry out "deep clean operations without requiring a ...

Microsoft released an optional update last week that adds a Disk Cleanup Wizard to Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. The Disk Cleanup Wizard removes the update files that pile up in the WinSxS ...

After adding the WinSxS directory cleanup functionality to the Windows 7 Disk Cleanup utility last October, Microsoft finally released an update yesterday that adds the same functionality to Windows ...

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 ...

With the public release of the Creators Update for Windows 10 arriving Tuesday, April 11, it’s time to start prepping for that “feature update” (aka version 1703). There are several steps that you can ...

If the Windows folder is too big on your Windows 11/10 computer, use the suggestions provided in this article to decrease its size and free up disk space. By default, the Windows operating system is ...

There might be times when a logical partition of your hard disk starts filling up and running out of space rapidly. There can be several reasons for this. However, there is no particular reason for ...

Windows: Microsoft has released a Windows 7 update that adds a new option in the Disk Cleanup tool called Windows Update Cleanup. With it, you can free up several gigabytes of hard drive space from ...