clean windows is an oxymoron
18GB is obscene for an OS that doesn't really do much. Winsxs is a stupid solution to a stupid problem.. MS libraries are full of bugs and badly documented. I have seen several outright lies in MSDN...
View ArticleWell then that's another
Well then that's another couple of bugs, they should use symlinks or soft links instead of hard links as linux does for library versioning, and make Explorer only count the file in it's real location...
View ArticleI am now running the SP3 file
I am now running the SP3 file Compcln.exe. Thank you. I was shocked it was 22 GB and running it reduced it to 18 GB. That is still a massive amount of goo in the system. Ouch!
View Articlethank you!!!
thank you so much! i was close to wiping my laptop and re-installing from scratch!! :)
View Articlewinsxs ghosts & gobblins
the majority of files found in winsxs are "hard" links to elsewhere & the duplicates are needed for compatability but vista & most programs read the "destination" files size AS the hard links...
View ArticleMy Winsxs is 60 GB. (HELP!!!)
I have a vista 32-bit. I have never got SP1 or SP2 from MS. In the past three years, my winsxs grows bigger and bigger. I started to delete more and more programs until only Office is left, and other...
View ArticleSnortin' Norton
Snortin' Norton is worse than many viruses!Have you ever had to uninstall this pathetic sumbitch? Its tentacles reach to the far corners of your registry, and are completely immune to its ordinary...
View ArticleDerr. Yeah that would be great
Consider for a moment that other people may be operating under different constraints to you.Fixed available size, remote cloud hosting etc. Having to pay for HD space annually rather than just "Buying...
View ArticleFeeling like a veteran
Thanks so much for all your helpful comments! I got alarmed today when I realized my 100gb drive now only had 25gb free. Found a folder size analyzer and discovered the winsxs cancer. <- nice term,...
View ArticleHow to know folder size
Hi! I posted a little trick to get size of directories or files:http://runakay.blogspot.com/2012/09/fastest-way-to-know-size-of-files-or...
View Articlevista disk full
I used the compcln.exe Gave me over a gigabyte. Not a lot but I was almost at the point that I'd have to buy a new computer or new HD, or a full reinstall or .... Thanks.
View ArticleBloated Vista
I have just sent this complaint to a Windows Community site. At least it let's off some steam but I suppose I'll have to go for a re-install as Microsoft are criminally unhelpful.On my laptop I have...
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