Winsxs again ! ( The usual fix dont work)

[rihtt]

Hello.... I am disappointed that Microsoft cant sort this out.
For a couple years ago, we all remember the "winsxs" bug.

(Lots of storage GB of the drive used by WinSxS)

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Back then, I read lots of deep-knowledge about this issue when the usual fixes didnt work.
So this problem can be a nightmare and If you have a 120GB SSD drive and suddenly
the winsxs-folder takes 20GB of that! Also after successful clean the problem could return, because of pending updates-job and you had to do it all over (!)


Briefly some things that seems to help, in most cases:
*Run the disk-cleanup tool
*cleanmgr.exe and select systemcopies etc
*bla bla dont work
*net stop WUA service
*delete contents of C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Downloads
*net starting WUA

*Installing the so-called "Fix" for this kb/2852386
*Edit registry for a tweak to NEVER pick this up again.


But Now 2018-03-xx its back in one of my WINDOWS7 machines!


~16 GB storage in the winsxs folder, this preventing me of using the computer and storage
a onedrive sync I am also paying for



Yesterday I tried following:

C:\Windows\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image

DISM-verktyget (Deployment Image Servicing and Management)
Version: 6.1.7600.16385

Avbildningsversion: 6.1.7601.18489


Fel: 87

Det uppstod ett fel när kommandot skulle behandlas.
Kontrollera att kommandoradsargumenten är giltiga. Mer information finns i loggf
ilen.

DISM-loggfilen finns i C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

C:\Windows\system32>dism /online

DISM-verktyget (Deployment Image Servicing and Management)
Version: 6.1.7600.16385


Fel: 1639

Kommandoraden saknar ett obligatoriskt underhållskommando.
Mer information får du genom att köra DISM.exe /Online /?.

DISM-loggfilen finns i C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

C:\Windows\system32>dism /online /?

DISM-verktyget (Deployment Image Servicing and Management)
Version: 6.1.7600.16385

Avbildningsversion: 6.1.7601.18489





C:\Windows\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image /analyzecomponentstore

DISM-verktyget (Deployment Image Servicing and Management)
Version: 6.1.7600.16385

Avbildningsversion: 6.1.7601.18489


Fel: 87

Alternativet analyzecomponentstore känns inte igen i det här sammanhanget.
Mer information finns i hjälpen.

DISM-loggfilen finns i C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log

(Swedish) But results speaks for themself:

Error 87

Error 1639

I also did this again booted safe-mode with command prompt.

 

[rihtt]

So... The only fix, is a complete reinstallation of the system ?

I cant see no other solution than to install win7.
All again.

 

[Megahertz07]

My C:\Windows\winsxs is around 10G.
How much free space is on your C: drive?

 

[SIW2]

Try a repair install.

Repair Install - Windows 7 Help Forums

 

[rihtt]

My C:\Windows\winsxs is around 10G.
How much free space is on your C: drive?

Try a repair install.

Repair Install - Windows 7 Help Forums

A bit of a BUMP, perhaps



Free space = 25 GB



Size of \\WINSXS


13.0 GB



[SSD total size 128GB]
So WINSXS currenly is using 16 % ! of drive capacity


I plan to do a repair install.
But how to avoid this repeats again when the system goes online?


/ there are som update-packages need to be hidden, with som register-tweaks to avoid
this winsx-files been polled down again ?