winsxs in vista

von kain · Aug 3, 2008

my folder winsxs (side by side) folder have been grown for some time and now is 10.5gb and i wan't to get it deleted or smaller anyone have any idea how this can be done??if there is any way.

please don't start a vista bashing dialogue.

my vista is x64 ultimate

Deleted member 24505 · Aug 3, 2008

Were is that folder? i will check mine out.i am on vista HP 32bit.

psyko12 · Aug 3, 2008

It's in C:\Windows, assuming C: is the os drive... Mine's over 9gb... I unno why it grows that big

Read here.. It's also an important folder..

The Winsxs folder, stores multiple copies of dll's in order to let multiple applications run in Windows without any compatibility problem. If you browse inside, you will see what look like a lot of duplicate dlls, each having the same name. These are actually, different versions of the same files which are being stored; as different programs may require different versions. In short, Winsxs, which stands for 'Windows Side By Side', is Vista's native assembly cache. Libraries which are being by multiple applications are stored there. This feature was first introduced, in Windows ME and was considered as Microsoft's solution to the so-called 'dll hell' issues that plagued Windows 9x.

http://www.winvistaclub.com/f16.html

Deleted member 24505 · Aug 3, 2008

Mines about 7gb.

mullered07 · Aug 3, 2008

wow that takes the piss, mines at 12gb and i only have 120gb data on this hdd, so thats approx 10%, its not like i have a load of programs installed either. so basically this folder will keep growing and eating up my hdd :wtf:

i dont think theres anyway to clean it either :mad:

Lillebror · Aug 3, 2008

Holy biscuit! mine is at 22gb!

AsRock · Aug 3, 2008

Maybe for each program you install it adds stuff to that folder as backup ?. Not have much running on my Vista x64Ult 7.46 GB.

xu^ · Aug 3, 2008

15.3gb !! only had Vista installed for 2 weeks..

johnspack · Aug 3, 2008

Wow, didn't notice that, around 2 weeks old at 11.1gigs.... and still almost a clean install.

DrPepper · Aug 3, 2008

I had 50 gb missing a few days ago :eek:

this might explain another 10 - 20 gigs.

sneekypeet · Aug 3, 2008

Ive got a couple of months going on this install, and I sit at 12.2GB in the folder!

AsRock · Aug 3, 2008

Hope this helps.

The Winsxs folder, stores multiple copies of dll's in order to let multiple applications run in Windows without any compatibility problem. If you browse inside, you will see what look like a lot of duplicate dlls, each having the same name. These are actually, different versions of the same files which are being stored; as different programs may require different versions. In short, Winsxs, which stands for 'Windows Side By Side', is Vista's native assembly cache. Libraries which are being by multiple applications are stored there. This feature was first introduced, in Windows ME and was considered as Microsoft's solution to the so-called 'dll hell' issues that plagued Windows 9x.

http://www.winvistaclub.com/f16.html

Urbklr · Aug 3, 2008

Huh, my laptop's not bad....just 5GB, and it is 2 months old.

Kursah · Aug 3, 2008

Mine is at about 17GB, had V64 installed for a few months now...runs great, I didn't get a large HDD for nothing...too bad I only did a 25GB partition for the OS tho lol! I still have 6.5GB free on my OS drive atm though...that doesn't leave much for the rest of the OS itself tho, interesting for sure. I'm not too worried about it, my OS runs great and stable, my games kickass, and Vista is limited to a 25GB partition, so let it is limited, good or bad, it can only go so far!

johnspack · Aug 3, 2008

Now I know why I made a 150gig part for vista!

mullered07 · Aug 3, 2008

AsRock said:
Hope this helps.

http://www.winvistaclub.com/f16.html

um that was already posted by

psyko12

Urbklr · Aug 3, 2008

Only 22MB in XP :pimp:

spud107 · Aug 4, 2008

better include the dllcache and i386 folders for a fairer comparison,
still only a couple hundred mb at most lol

HAL7000 · Aug 4, 2008

24.8 in XP as well, maybe this is the mojave experiment like area 51,,,,it really doesn't exist.

AsRock · Aug 4, 2008

mullered07 said:
um that was already posted by

Oops my bad haha. I hope some have a sense of humor lol.

But anyways at least we know what it is

.. BUT dayum lol...

Lillebror · Aug 4, 2008

I tested a little fix on my other computer - This is what i had before:

This is what i got after the fix:

(sorry for the danish stuff)

Anyways, to 'use' this fix you have to have sp1 on your vista.. Then you go to start - run - cmd
Then you write "Vsp1cln.exe" without the "" and then you wait, and its done

BUT!!! You can't remove sp1 after using this. But then again.. Not even Chuck Norris would try to uninstall a service pack

Kursah · Aug 4, 2008

I did it, took 2 seconds after pressing "Y" for acknowleging that SP1 cannot be uninstalled...the folder is now about 8.3GB, down quite a bit from a supposed 17gb...but my free space did not change, I have my PF at 1024MB min/max, so dunno what's up, but hell it sounded like a good thing to try, I'm not really worried about it tho!

:toast:

von kain · Aug 4, 2008

i wanted to thank all for your answers.

lillebror on my it doesn't' help

Lillebror · Aug 4, 2008

You have to have servicepack 1 installed for vista.

CrackerJack · Aug 4, 2008

i've got SP1 installed, tryed the clean up. But there still there.

edit: nevermind, the command that Lillebror gives is just for a SP1 clean up of coarse. But WINSYS folder should be left alone, http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/arch...in-Windows-XP,-Vista-and-Server-20032008.html

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