Can $Windows.~WS Be Safely Deleted?

Does $Windows.~WS need to be left in place for anything, e.g. 'Reset this PC', or can it be safely deleted?

Thanks.

use > disk cleanup > clean system files

Kyhi said:

use > disk cleanup > clean system files

Yeah, I did that and it left $Windows.~WS, hence, why I'm asking if it is needed for anything.

No takers? OK, I'm going to delete it for a laugh.

PS. This thread is the only Google search result for "$Windows.~WS", lol...

I just deleted it and restarted. Nothing's exploded yet.

Nus said:

Yeah, I did that and it left $Windows.~WS, hence, why I'm asking if it is needed for anything.

so did I...

Well, i'm pretty sure it's just there incase your Windows messes up and you want to re-install it, but usually it's unnecessary!

I've deleted it myself (As i am trying my best to get my starting Used space as low as possible Currently got it down to 33GB used).
What i did notice though was when i booted up instead of it popping up with boot options (Windows 10, Windows 10 setup) it just booted straight away which was a bonus because that was irritating me!

costeakai said:

so did I...

i'v deleted it, and all hell broke loose; now i'm trying to reinstall ...

i'v managed to reinstall , firstly by re-downloading the media from windows, but it seemed to be slower than the first time, so i aborted it; then i discovered that by launching the appropiate exe, i can re-install without re-downloading; all is fine now , its even better ...i'm leaving $Windows.~WS alone for now ...

Well, I've had no issues since deleting it. Done a number of reboots, changed account to local, etc.

It was created during the upgrade and just looked like it contained the Win 10 image.