Clean Up Component Store (WinSxS folder) in Windows 10

cereberus · 14 Jan 2023

Steve C said:

Thanks for the warning. Is no other way of pruning Windows?

I have never had a problem on any device.

Like all things have an offline image backup as a precaution.

TairikuOkami · 14 Jan 2023

Steve C said:

Thanks for the warning. Is no other way of pruning Windows?

Aside from uninstalling default apps, optional components, I run this cleanup after windows updates.
My system partition has 18GB, it could be 15GB, but system restore bootloader takes about 3GB.

Steve C · 14 Jan 2023

TairikuOkami said:

Aside from uninstalling default apps, optional components, I run this cleanup after windows updates.
My system partition has 18GB, it could be 15GB, but system restore bootloader takes about 3GB.

Thanks. I hope you know what you are doing!

mfessler · 03 May 2023

TairikuOkami said:

ResetBase was disabled (it can break updates) and even if you enable it via registry, it is supposedly not working.

But only in case of offline servicing - right?
At least in my last (online) tests, the command did (according to the cbs.log) something - interestingly independent of the "DisableResetbase" setting.

But where is the difference in the first place?
StartComponentCleanup without "/ResetBase" deletes "updated components", with the switch "superseded versions" were deleted.
Isn't that basically the same?

Thanks and greetings,
Martin