winsxs

[Ivar]

Hi all.

In the windows folder (Vista) I have a folder called "winsxs", it contains
20,000 files and is nearly 4 Gigglebyes!!!!!
What's in it? do I need all that stuff? can I delete what's inside?

Thanks

Ivar

 

[Robert Moir]

Hi all.

In the windows folder (Vista) I have a folder called "winsxs", it contains
20,000 files and is nearly 4 Gigglebyes!!!!!
What's in it?

Various different versions of things like DLL files for 3rd party software,
manifests and the like.

do I need all that stuff? can I delete what's inside?

Only if you think that Windows not working properly is a good thing.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Look here
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa374224.aspx

A forum of interest
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1173190&SiteID=17

 

[Mac]

Gigglebytes ;-)