How can I reduce the size of the Windows\winsxs\ folder in windows server 2008 r2

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I have a virtual server running Windows 2008 R2 with a hosting company. When originally set up 30 GB was allocated for "C:" drive. I have received a notice I am out of disk space and 29.5GB is being taken up by the c:\Windows\winsxs\ folder.

Has anyone else found a way to clean this folder out and reduce its' size?

Posted 24-Oct-14 8:11am

Slow Eddie

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Oct-14 14:23pm

How can we know what is redundant in this folder if even you don't know that? All my spies working in this company are on vacation right now. And, instead of digging to customer's virtual servers, they tend to answer: "get a better hosting plan".
—SA

Slow Eddie 24-Oct-14 16:06pm

Sergey,

Tech support got back to me and it turns out that Microsoft has had Sooooo many complaints that they actually came out with a fix that lets one do disk cleanup, especially Update backup copies.

the link is http://support.microsoft.com/kb2852386

This seems to have done it for me freeing up 5+GB of space on a 30GB drive.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Oct-14 16:18pm

Microsoft.com reports this as a broken link.
—SA

BillWoodruff 24-Oct-14 16:29pm

I fixed the broken link fixed: see solution 1.

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Slow Eddie · Answer 1 · 2014-10-24T10:05:00

Solution 1

Sergey,

(And anyone else that comes across this)

Tech support got back to me and it turns out that Microsoft has had Sooooo many complaints that they actually came out with a fix that lets one do disk cleanup, especially Update backup copies.

the link is Disk Cleanup Wizard addon lets users delete outdated Windows updates on Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

This seems to have done it for me freeing up 5+GB of space on a 30GB drive.

chickenlegwilly

Posted 24-Oct-14 10:05am

Slow Eddie

Updated 24-Oct-14 10:35am

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BillWoodruff 24-Oct-14 16:30pm

broken link fixed.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Oct-14 16:36pm

Thank you, Bill; and I added the anchor...
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Oct-14 16:34pm

Good to know...
I formatted it as an HTML anchor.
—SA

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