The BCD option is intriguing. Since this is just an experiment with tablet, no harm in trying something new for the heck of it...thanks

That's what I figured...just thought I'd inquire.....shucks, would have been a nice thing to engineer....

Thanks for your thoughts. The WinSxS is not replaced during an upgrade, it is always added to and expands with every OS patch, upgrade or software upgrade....it is ever expanding (to my understanding...

Thanks, that is a very comprehensive list of suggestions. However, I have done almost all of the steps you've listed...except uninstalling the apps. Even if I deleted virtually all my installed apps...

That's not the issue. I have a drive (E) attached for the .old folder, etc. The update still needs 5G on drive C as well, to work, and there is no way that I have found to shrink the Windows folder...

I have a tablet with a 16G C drive. It is running Win 10 build 10240. Attempting to install the November Threshold 2 update. The update fails due to lack of space on the C drive. Even if I uninstall...