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Also here - same concept<br />
<a href="http://aspoc.net/archives/2008/11/20/winsxs-disk-space-and-windows-7/" rel="ugc">http://aspoc.net/archives/2008/11/20/winsxs-disk-space-and-windows-7/</a>
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Also here - same concept
http://aspoc.net/archives/2008/11/20/winsxs-disk-space-and-windows-7/ [http://aspoc.net/archives/2008/11/20/winsxs-disk-space-and-windows-7/]

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open elevated command prompt<br />
run this:<br />
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dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded<br />
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it will remove tmp service pack files<br />
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also run 'disk cleanup' - choose everything
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open elevated command prompt
run this:

dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded

it will remove tmp service pack files

also run 'disk cleanup' - choose everything

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oh - and no - you cannot move or delete files in this folder...
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oh - and no - you cannot move or delete files in this folder...

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I have a windows 2008 server (not R2)<br />
I have a folder c:\windows\winsxs<br />
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i) Can I move the location of this folder or stop it from growing?<br />
I am running low on C: drive space.<br />
thanks
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I have a windows 2008 server (not R2)
I have a folder c:\windows\winsxs

i) Can I move the location of this folder or stop it from growing?
I am running low on C: drive space.
thanks

Windows Server 2008 WinSXS folder.

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).