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When I did my upgrade that was one of the first things that caught my eye.
MS did a nice job making the new OS smaller... I hope they can keep this up.
Jeff
I did an upgrade and my Windows directory is 21.5gb. This is about 8gb more than 8.1 was so it seems old versions are retained. I tried shrinking WinSxS with dsim /ResetBase but it didn't make any difference at all.
Windows does adjust its memory usage based on how much memory you give it. So it looks like you only gave it 2GB, so it will slim itself down. If you gave it 4GB, it would most likely use more memory since there is more available.
I believe Microsoft may have fixed the bug that counted hard linked files multiple times, which made the WinSxS folder appear larger than it actually was... Or maybe it only applies to new hardlinks that get created (which could be why the folder seems bigger to some).
+editJust came across Brink's Windows.old tutorial: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html-edit
My Win10 Windows directory is only about 11 GB
10,968,436,689 bytes
If Jimbo's suggestion does not clean up the space (although I think Windows.old is on C:\) then you could compare my listing to a listing on your machine.
I used the following command to generate the attached text file (zipped):
cd \
dir windows\ /s /a /og /o-s /oe > %TEMP%\WinList-b.txt
WinList.zip
Comparing the contents of the Windows folder tree is a lot of work
You might consider a clean full install, not an upgrade install.
This will prevent a rollback to Win8 - so think about it first.
That also means you would have to reinstall your applications, so make sure you have the license keys for any purchased programs BEFORE proceeding.
Bill
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Last edited by Slartybart; 21 Oct 2014 at 17:03. Reason: add quotes for reference; clarified Win10 Windir
I would take an image or two of the current 8.1 system. Then a rollback is easy and you need not save anything else.You might consider a clean full install, not an upgrade install.
This will prevent a rollback to Win8 - so think about it first.
That also means you would have to reinstall your applications, so make sure you have the license keys for any purchased programs BEFORE proceeding