WinSXS folder?

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Hi there,

Whats the function of winsxs folder…can it be drefragmented & reduced in size…using Vista Premium 32 bit?

Thanks.

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See if the following sheds some lite on this subject:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprogeneral/thread/f0862648-0a96-4aa4-8847-76c216d169f3

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Thanks for sending the link.

The vsp1cln.exe does’t run in command promp, displays invalid command…adding to that I can’t find the exe either in system32 folder…size of winsxs folder is 10.5 GB & that of Manifestscache is 216 MB.

Regards!

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For more information, see the links below.

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

http://www.kreslavsky.com/2009/03/vista-winsxs-folder-how-to-reduce-winsxs-folder-size.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-by-side_assembly