Secret WinSXS Super Folder under Win7 Vista

Everyone thinks that most people have used the software to produce the Rubik's Cube, Vista Optimizer or Windows7 Optimizer's system slimming function. Among them, one of the most functions of slimming space is to operate on a folder: WinSXS file folder.

As you know, in the Windows directory of the Vista and Windows7 system disks, there is a folder called winsxs. For the entire Windows directory, this folder takes up more than half of its volume (nearly 3GB). Not only that, as the system usage time continues to increase, the size of the winsxs folder will become larger, and I have more 4G now, this is really a piece of meat!

For those who are not very wealthy in the system disk space, this fast "smashing meat" will inevitably slow down the system. If for this reason only, re-partitioning the hard disk to make the system disk space bigger, and then reinstalling the system, this is too much trouble! In fact, we can take a simpler approach, Computer Network Academy (http://www.pcedu123.com) reminds everyone to throw winsxs this piece of "small meat" under other hard disk partitions, freeing up more unused space for the system disk and allowing the system to run faster. Below, the author will use Windows7 as an example to introduce the specific operation steps to everyone. Vista is similar.

Tips: The role of the winsxs folder

winsxs is a very important folder in the Windows directory of VISTA/Windows 7. There are many important components in this folder, and the version is very complicated. In order to ensure the normal operation of Windows, the files inside are not removable. These folders support mscorwks.dll, and they cannot be loaded without nmscorwks. If you force the deletion, you may only be able to enter Windows in safe mode, and Windows will "hang".

Step 1: Create a link. First download "PendMoves and MoveFile" from the official, and then extract the downloaded ZIP format compression package named "PendMoves" to the "X:WindowsSystem32" directory (X is the system disk, the same below); then click the menu "Start - Run", then go to Cmd in the pop-up "Run" dialog box and press the "Ctrl+Shift+Enter" shortcut to run Cmd as administrator and open the "Command Prompt" window; the cursor at the last window is executed in turn. The following two commands (every one command is entered, press the Enter key, the same below)

cd windows

mklink /X winsxs.link winsxs.moved

Two steps: Get full control over the winsxs folder. Double-click the "Computer" icon on the desktop, and then navigate to the "X:Windows" directory; then right-click the "winsxs" folder in the directory and select "Properties" to open the "Security" option of the "winsxs Properties" dialog box. Card and click the "Advanced" button on the tab, then switch to the "Owners" tab in the new pop-up "Winsxs Advanced Security Settings" dialog and click the "Edit" button for the tab; In the pop-up dialog box, select the "Administrators" option and check the "Replace sub-containers and object owners" checkbox, and finally click the "OK" button.

Step 3: Rename and copy files. After executing the two DOS commands in the first step, then execute the following two commands in sequence at the cursor at the Command Prompt window:

movefile X:Windowswinsxs X:Windowswinsxs.moved movefile X:Windowswinsxs .link X:Windowswinsxs

The meaning of these two DOS commands is: rename the "winsxs" folder in the "X:Windows" directory to "winsxs.moved" and "X:Windows" Rename "winsxs.link" in the directory to winsxs.

After renaming the folder and files, restart the system and then "winsxs.moved" in the "X:Windows" directory. Copy all the contents of the folder to the "Windows, winsxs" directory of a hard disk partition other than the system disk (such as "D: Windowswinsxs").