Petrarca Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 I've been trying out the Component cache (WinSxs) removal, but it is not working properly.After install, I still have a WinSxs folder which is half a gigabyte, containing roughly 18k files Now while this is much smaller than the size of the folder without using the removal, it makes me wonder why there is that much left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter.inside Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 That's not much, that's quite small actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 how much winsxs removal save in windows server in 64bit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrarca Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 how much winsxs removal save in windows server in 64bit ?Quite a bit, actually. Before it was over 3gb, after only 0.5gb - but I wonder why this rest doesn't get removed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 i think net3 removal is make it 200mb im not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuhi Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 That portion is automatically saved depending on what vlite detects as hotfixes or parts of sp1 probably.Also there are some runtimes that must not be deleted from sxs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarkhy Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 is it ok to remove winsxs with vlite? will it remove only the trash or system files will gone too? I tried to manually delete all files but then my vista didn't boot anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witt3439 Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 The winsxs folder is similar to the i386 folder in XP. It contains drivers and other files necessary to make Windows run properly.It is possible to delete files and folders from it, but it is one of those "If you don't know what you are doing, leave it alone!" folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarkhy Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Thats what i want to know, which files are removed from winsxs? Is vlite smart to remove only unnecessary archives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volatus Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 i386 is a folder in Windows XP that can safely be deleted... it's just a copy of the Setup files.I'm in the same boat here... I did a super-lightweight Vista install - specifically for Folding@Home GPU processing (users claim that running Vista solves the 100% CPU problem and massively improves performance). It seems that even vLite's best efforts can't wrangle in the runaway, obscene bloat of Vista. I told vLite to ditch the "winsxs" folder, and yet, it was the source of a "Configuring updates: Stage 3 of 3" reboot loop on the first startup (300kb pending.xml in the WinSxS folder that I was surprised to even find).My WinSxS folder is about the size of a full blown Windows XP installation - 11,000 files and 418mb. What the heck gives? With all the junctions running amok in Vista, are those files really there; are they the originals and there are other files on the hard drive that are merely "mirrors" of them, or is it really just a waste of space? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous_user Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 (edited) are they the originals and there are other files on the hard drive that are merely "mirrors" of themCorrect, or so I read:http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=590216 Edited October 19, 2008 by anonymous_user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdo5 Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 I am using vlite final release v1.2.Where are you finding the "Component cache" removal tool?I would VERY much like to reduce my winxsx folder to the size you describe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous_user Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 You have to run vLite with the "-extreme" switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rebel Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 @anonymous_userhow do we do that?cmd > vlite.exe -extreme ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous_user Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Yeah or you can create a shortcut for vLite and add the switch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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