Cleanup windows sxs folder

[shekarsandeep]

i am trying to do windows cleanup and i am using Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup or Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /SPSuperseded .
After 20 percent , it says successfully...But the space is not rediced. i have tried sfc /scannow and restore health...But it is not helping. is there a alternative for this ?

 

[ubuysa]

Many of the files and folders in WinSxS are hard links to files that exist elsewhere on your system, so the actual size is usually less than File Explorer indicates, see here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...ual-size-of-the-winsxs-folder?view=windows-11

 

[shekarsandeep]

Many of the files and folders in WinSxS are hard links to files that exist elsewhere on your system, so the actual size is usually less than File Explorer indicates, see here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...ual-size-of-the-winsxs-folder?view=windows-11

agree... AnalyzeComponentStore shows i can recover 800 mb which i am not able to do

 

[ubuysa]

agree... AnalyzeComponentStore shows i can recover 800 mb which i am not able to do

TBH these days 800MB is neither here nor there. I wouldn't spend time worrying about it.

 

[shekarsandeep]

agree... AnalyzeComponentStore shows i can recover 800 mb which i am not able to do

i understand the issues might arise if properly not done. I have been using these commands for years now and had not seen any issues.... now i see these and my image size is growing because updates consume too much space in the root drive. I have to clean it at least once in 3 months.

 

[TingelTangelBob]

use https://github.com/builtbybel/CleanmgrPlus it makes all of that in seconds what your writing about AnalyzeComponentStore ...