Corrine Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Included with the Patch Tuesday updates last week was KB 2852386, an optional update. This update changes the Disk Cleanup wizard to provide the ability to delete superseded Windows updates in Windows 7 SP1, reducing the space used by the WinSxS ("Windows Side by Side") folder. Normally, superseded Windows updates can be removed with the installation of a Service Pack. However, since Windows 7 SP1 was released over two years ago, the size of the C:\Windows\Winsxs folder has grown significantly since SP1. It is important to note that after running the Disk Cleanup wizard, you may not be able to roll back to a superseded update. In that situation, it will be necessary to manually install the superseded update. Additional important notes and the TechNet article describing the change are available in my blog post, Improvement to Windows 7 SP1 Disk Cleanup. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgriff2 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Excellent write-up, Corrine - Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 That is a great feature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 wow, nice find, corrine! i have a couple of machines with extra-tight disk space and that would really help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Thanks Corrine! Cleaned out 6GB on my main O/S partition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 greets! here's an update for win 7 sp 1 / server 2008 r2 sp 1 (only) - this update adds "windows update cleanup" to the disk cleanup wizard! w00t! (a normally tedious, manual process.) you can either download it ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2852386/en-us ) or get it from windows update. awesomeness in a package! enjoy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Excellent! Disk Cleanup Wizard addon lets users delete outdated Windows updates on Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 All supported x86-based versions of Windows 7 Download the update package now. All supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 Download the update package now. All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 Download the update package now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 I merged the two topics since this was originally released in October and merely reviewed last week. Please see the "Important Notes" in my blog post, link provided in the initial post. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Thanks Corrine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temmu Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 thanks, corrine; amusing, isn't it, i even commented on the original post. sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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