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Abnormally large Windows folder, size reduction possible?
Hi,
For a while now my Windows folder has been taking up more space on my 60GB SSD than I think it should. The size breakdown goes like this:
C:/Windows - 28 GB
- winsxs - 11.65 GB
- System32 - 8.45 GB
- Assembly - 1.63 GB
- SysWOW64 - 1.30 GB
- Installer - 1.17 GB
- Microsoft.NET - 1.03 GB
- SoftwareDistribution - 0.85 GB
I do regular registry fixes and temp file cleans, and I do regular inspections on my drives to remove unnecessary files and programs. However, the large increase in my Windows folder which happened about 6 months ago is really bothering me.
Is there any way get rid of some excess files? Or is this just a case of Windows inaccurately showing the actual amount of free space due to hard links?
Help is appreciated, thanks :)