

- STOP GOOGLE PHOTOS BACKUP WINSXS MOVIE
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The Winsxs folder is, basically, a known good copy of Windows system files.
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Windows 7 goes to some length to resolve this with a much smaller winsxs folder, but it's still there and it's still huge. I doubt Windows 7.0 (not "Windows 7") will be any better, but I can hope. It really doesn't solve any problems and contributes to other large problems (the number of files in the winsxs folder often leads to corruption and other hangups). Yes, the winsxs folder is wildly out of control and is a very poor solution (called "component based servicing").
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There's no special code that runs on AMD versus Intel, just that it's 64-bit. Very short sighted, for sure, but that's what that means - simply that it's 64-bit. Since AMD was the first company to produce a consumer-class 64-bit processor (Athlon 64, far before Intel's em64t technology), the code was named "amd64". "amd64" is the code name for EVERY 64-bit component of Windows. Just had to drop in here and clarify "amd64". This is a huge problem that MUST be addressed. Is Windows 7 the answer? I'd be amazed that it didn't also have this "feature". At the very least a way to remove the files that are for a completely different motherboard architecture. Seriously, there's got to be a list of BS files that can be removed. I'm pretty sure any change at this point will consume the remainder of my disk space.
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I haven't installed any security patches or updates in months since who knows how many more copies of each useless file the update will spawn.
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And then the Intel files, while some of them may be useful, I have a hard time believing I need hundreds of megs of movie sample files. Seriously!?!! Are you friggin kidding me?!! 143 meg of movie samples for the AMD platform that I can't delete? Really!? There's a huge list of other amd64 files as well.too many to list. Even more infuriating is the 143 meg amd64_microsoft-windows-moviesamples* file. What it doesn't explain is why in the heck, on my Vista 64 laptop with an Intel motherboard, do I have 5 different amd64_microsoft-windows-naturallanguage6_* files?! These files are 294 meg EACH! I'm not planning on ripping my motherboard out of my laptop and switching it from an Intel platform to the AMD platform. And how every possible configuration permutation can be achieved. How you can roll back to any point blah blah. I've read the MS blogs about how wonderful this feature is. Somehow my free disk space went from 870 meg to 803 meg.
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Please email me with details for obtaining my free upgrade to Windows 7. I sincerely demand and request that you provide me with a free upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate? because i cant continue using Vista when its taking all my disk space!!!!. I dont know what to do, for the first time in my life, wiping my copy of Vista (which being a godsent), is a really horrible options for this runaway disk space hog you, Microsoft have created. Im flabbergasted, appalled, deeply offended, this should be a top priority creating a reliable easy fix for this. do you know how big my original 1.8" HD shipped with Windows Vista Ultimate is? 30GB! Windows Desktop Experience There is no way to 'safely' delete anything in the WinSxS folder, at this time. If this post helps to resolve your issue, click the Mark as Answer or Helpful button at the top of this message.īy marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster. The amount of disk space you gain will depend on the system, what files are installed, etc. The Vista Service Pack 1 Cleanup Tool will remove all of the redundant files that it has replaced. Right click this file and select the 'Run As Administrator' option. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\Windows\System32. Once it's used it will no longer work on the same installation. ***NOTE 2: This tool is a one-time use tool. Make sure that the system is stable before using. ***NOTE: After you use this cleanup tool, you will no longer be able to remove Service Pack 1, should any problems occur. This tool has been documented to remove up to 3GB from the WinSxS folder.

If so, there is a tool included in the Service Pack 1 installation that will immediately clean up all of the components that it replaced in the WinSxS folder. Have you recently installed Service Pack 1? This folder has a 'scavenging' component built-in and, although it works slowly, it will identify items that have been replaced with a newer version and remove them. The WinSxS folder is a system folder, just like the Windows, System32 or any other system folder. There is no way to 'safely' delete anything in the WinSxS folder, at this time.
