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note: In 2008 you will have to start procexp.exe with "Administrator rights" in order to kill processes.
How to cleanup the winsxs folder
The winsxs folder in c:\windows can be really big, the only way to cleanup is using the microsoft command line tools :
Windows Server 2003 : VSP1CLEAN.exe
Windows Server 2008 : COMPCLN.exe
Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 : DISM.exe
I will explain the last one here. Start you’re command prompt As Administrator.
Usage:
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You can also run these commands :
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theme Emacs language powershell Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\* Icacls %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\* /GRANT administrators:F Del /q %windir%\winsxs\ManifestCache\*
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