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Why does the /winsxs folder grow so large, and can it be made smaller?
How can I visualize the file system usage on Windows?
My dad has asked me to have a look at his computer so see what is wrong it because he keeps running out of space on his C drive. I had a look and noticed that his C:\Windows folder is 75 GB large.
I've never seen one that big was wondering if there is a common cause for this.
He's running Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3. I had a look inside the directory and the only really big folder is System32 which is sitting at 2.16GB. I can't see where the 75GB figure is coming from.
try useing explorer xp to work out where the size of the folders and files actualy are. – ben950 – 2012-01-04T11:54:25.180
Download link for Explorer XP? – Omar Kooheji – 2012-01-04T11:56:37.273
http://www.explorerxp.com/index.html#download – ben950 – 2012-01-04T11:58:25.760
Ok I downloaded Explorer XP and there was 67GB in C:\WINDOWS\Installer Windows hadn't been deleting updates. I deleted them, hopefully that wont have broken anything... – Omar Kooheji – 2012-01-04T12:02:45.667
2How is this a dupe? – Omar Kooheji – 2012-01-04T12:04:59.990
@OmarKooheji To check which files / folders make up the size. Am I missing something? – slhck – 2012-01-04T13:09:21.863
As far as I can see, this one isn't related to winsxs, so it 's a different question. I\m voting to reopen. – AndrejaKo – 2012-01-04T13:24:46.783
@AndrejaKo FWIW, I voted to close as a duplicate of the file system usage visualization. It seems the OP found the files using such a tool anyway. Sathya must have picked the other one. – slhck – 2012-01-04T13:50:10.427