WINSXS Folder is HUGE!

It has about 25 GB!
I know that the HDD drives are cheap, but come on, it's huge!!
Is there any tool available for reducing the size of it?

Thanks!
Sergiu.

Sergiu GHENOV wrote:
> It has about 25 GB!
> I know that the HDD drives are cheap, but come on, it's huge!!
> Is there any tool available for reducing the size of it?
>
> Thanks!
> Sergiu.

Welcome to Microsoft Bloat. Yeah, there's a way to reduce it. Go to
www.ubuntu.com and download the .ISO and burn it to a CD. Then go into
your BIOS and set it to boot from the CD and insert the Ubuntu CD and
reboot and follow the easy instructions to install it. Not only is it
FREE, it comes with access to thousands of FREE programs.

Enjoy!

Alias

It's not that big. It is like shortcuts. the real files atrin system32.

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"Sergiu GHENOV" <> wrote in message
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> It has about 25 GB!
> I know that the HDD drives are cheap, but come on, it's huge!!
> Is there any tool available for reducing the size of it?
>
> Thanks!
> Sergiu.

Yes, but it is growing over and over.
In Windows XP there was nothing like it.
Can't I disable this compatibility folder or something like it?
There are a lot of duplicate files.
Why????
This folder is creepy! Really

<.> wrote in message news:...
> It's not that big. It is like shortcuts. the real files atrin system32.
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> "Sergiu GHENOV" <> wrote in message
> news:C88A428D-DD1E-4CC2-963B-...
>> It has about 25 GB!
>> I know that the HDD drives are cheap, but come on, it's huge!!
>> Is there any tool available for reducing the size of it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Sergiu.
>

Leave it be.

Search this news group for winsxs and read what has been answered dozens of
times per month.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Sergiu GHENOV" <> wrote in message
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> It has about 25 GB!
> I know that the HDD drives are cheap, but come on, it's huge!!
> Is there any tool available for reducing the size of it?
>
> Thanks!
> Sergiu.

http://www.winvistaclub.com/f16.html

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Sergiu GHENOV" <> wrote in message
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> It has about 25 GB!
> I know that the HDD drives are cheap, but come on, it's huge!!
> Is there any tool available for reducing the size of it?
>
> Thanks!
> Sergiu.

"Sergiu GHENOV" <> wrote in message
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> It has about 25 GB!

No, it doesn't.

> I know that the HDD drives are cheap, but come on, it's huge!!

No, it isn't.

> Is there any tool available for reducing the size of it?

Nothing that you'd really want to use, no.

"Alias" <> wrote in message
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> Sergiu GHENOV wrote:
>> It has about 25 GB!
>> I know that the HDD drives are cheap, but come on, it's huge!!
>> Is there any tool available for reducing the size of it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Sergiu.
>
> Welcome to Microsoft Bloat. Yeah, there's a way to reduce it. Go to
<DISGUSTING LINK REMOVED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE> and download the .ISO and burn
it to a CD. Then go into
> your BIOS and set it to boot from the CD and insert the Ubuntu CD and
> reboot and follow the easy instructions to install it. Not only is it
> FREE, it comes with access to thousands of FREE programs.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Alias

Who in their right mind would want to use an INFERIOR OS like Ubuntu that
NOBODY wants? I'll tell you - NOBODY. Remember Ubuntu is FREE and is still
on less than one percent of the desktops out there. This is true even after
many years of Ubuntu being available. People don't want Ubuntu. People
don't like Ubuntu.

measekite Da Monkey wrote:
> "Alias" <> wrote in message
> news:gu7266$5if$...
>> Sergiu GHENOV wrote:
>>> It has about 25 GB!
>>> I know that the HDD drives are cheap, but come on, it's huge!!
>>> Is there any tool available for reducing the size of it?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Sergiu.
>> Welcome to Microsoft Bloat. Yeah, there's a way to reduce it. Go to
>> http://www.ubuntu.com/ and download the .ISO and burn
> it to a CD. Then go into
>> your BIOS and set it to boot from the CD and insert the Ubuntu CD and
>> reboot and follow the easy instructions to install it. Not only is it
>> FREE, it comes with access to thousands of FREE programs.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> Alias
>
> Who in their right mind would want to use an INFERIOR OS like Ubuntu that
> NOBODY wants?

A lie.

> I'll tell you - NOBODY.

Another lie. Ho hum.

> Remember Ubuntu is FREE and is still
> on less than one percent of the desktops out there

Yawn.

>. This is true even after
> many years of Ubuntu being available.

Define "many".

> People don't want Ubuntu.

A lie.

People
> don't like Ubuntu.

My, my, my, another lie. Everyone act surprised.

MS market share is going down and both Apple and Ubuntu are going up.
Please try keep up, although you won't and all you'll do is what you
know how to do best: LIE. Unfortunately for you, you're not even good at
lying so I guess that makes you a Usenet loser who, like Frank, is
limited to a one trick pony act.

Alias

"Alias" <> wrote in message
news:guc4eq$n2q$...
> measekite Da Monkey wrote:
>> "Alias" <> wrote in message
>> news:gu7266$5if$...
>>> Sergiu GHENOV wrote:
>>>> It has about 25 GB!
>>>> I know that the HDD drives are cheap, but come on, it's huge!!
>>>> Is there any tool available for reducing the size of it?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Sergiu.
>>> Welcome to Microsoft Bloat. Yeah, there's a way to reduce it. Go to
>>> http://www.ubuntu.com/ and download the .ISO and burn
>> it to a CD. Then go into
>>> your BIOS and set it to boot from the CD and insert the Ubuntu CD and
>>> reboot and follow the easy instructions to install it. Not only is it
>>> FREE, it comes with access to thousands of FREE programs.
>>>
>>> Enjoy!
>>>
>>> Alias
>>
>> Who in their right mind would want to use an INFERIOR OS like Ubuntu that
>> NOBODY wants?
>
> A lie.
>
>> I'll tell you - NOBODY.
>
> Another lie. Ho hum.
>
>> Remember Ubuntu is FREE and is still on less than one percent of the
>> desktops out there
>
> Yawn.

So idiot, why then if Ubuntu is free and is still on less than one percent
of the desktops, why isn't word of mouth spreading like hotcakes and why
isn't everyone installing such a "bargain"?

I'll tell you why: Ubuntu doesn't run the popular software programs so
people don't want to use Ubuntu. Plain and simple.


>
>>. This is true even after many years of Ubuntu being available.
>
> Define "many".
>
>> People don't want Ubuntu.
>
> A lie.

No - It's true. A Free product would take over the market if it was better
than what's already out there. Guess what? It isn't. Live with it loser.


>
> People
>> don't like Ubuntu.
>
> My, my, my, another lie. Everyone act surprised.

Especially Alias because he thinks that Ubuntu is the best thing since
sliced bread. In reality, most dismiss Ubuntu as a toy written by geeks for
geeks. Imagine, a FREE OS that NOBODY wants. That should really get your
panties all in a bunch.

HA HA HA HA