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The WinSxS folder is the location of the Windows Component Store files. Windows component memory supports the functions needed to install, customize, and update the Windows operating system. It is used to install, update, update, uninstall, enable and disable Windows functions and components. It is also used for system recovery after corruption or boot failure.
In most cases, the size of the WinSxS folder seems larger than it really is. If you have checked the WinSx folder properties, you will see its size – but this may not be its actual size. Although there can only be one hard copy of the file, more than one copy of the same version of a file can be stored in several places in the operating system and is projected from the component memory only by paper link.
If you want to analyze the contents of your Windows component store and see the actual size of the WinSxS folder, you must use the deployment image management and maintenance tool.
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(Windows 8.1 introduces a new command line option for the Deployment Image Servicing & Management Tool or DISM.exe:
/AnalyzeKomponentenStore
This option is not recognized in earlier versions of Windows.
To find out the actual size of your Windows component store in Windows 8.1 and analyze its contents, open a Windows PowerShell (Admin) window or an extended command prompt, type the following and press Enter.
Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup Image /AnalyzeComponentStore
I saw the following information about the component memory (WinSxSxS) on my Windows 8 computer. 1:
- Windows Explorer Reported Component Memory Size : 5.87 GB
- Actual Component Memory Size : 5.71 GB
- 4.72 GB
27. 40 MB
- Date of last cleanup : 2013-06-15 22:05:06
- Number of reusable packages : 9 Recommended cleaning of the component store: Yes
The Number of recoverable packages now tells you the number of packages replaced on the system that component cleaning can remove. You can also reduce the size of a Windows image.
In my next article, I will show you how to safely clean the WinSxSxS folder.
This message is what you want to read if your Windows component memory is corrupted.
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