Sep 16, 2014 The Assembly Temp directory. If you delete the files in the Assembly directory. How to move the Pagefile to another drive in Windows 2008. Accidentally deletion of C: Windows assembly folder! Windows assembly folder from a Windows 8.1 setup while trying to remove. Unable to generate a temporary. In c: windows/temp there are files totalling over 1.5 gigabytes. Is it safe to delete some or all of these files as they are only 'temp' files?
I have a 60GB Raid Array in my workstations. It's fast but space is limited. I'm been trying to figure out where all my space is so I found this new program from DownloadCrew.com called TweakNow HD Analyzer. This product/feature is something I've complained for years Microsoft needs to include in Windows. It's a free tool and so far has worked well. However, It only tells me what space is being used where. So I have found my Windows folder is using 26.GB of storage.
The Windows Install Disk says it needs a 20GB HD with 15GB free. Why in Gods green earth does Windows need 26GB. This excludes Program Files which only took up 10GB.
I'm running spiceworks on this PC but my backups are only 8MB. Any advise on cleaning up this folder. I have a few other systems this same way. Ahhh the dreaded winsxs folder. Deleting the blob.bin will help. If you google that you'll find quite a few answers and will get a few gig back.
I've used this code on a couple servers, not sure if I pulled it off of MS site or somewhere else to tell the truth: Run the following commands from an elevated command prompt: Net stop trustedinstaller NOTE: Wait for it to stop and ensure it stops successfully. If you are unable to stop the service, you may need to restart your machine. Takeown /f%windir% winsxs ManifestCache * Icacls%windir% winsxs ManifestCache * /GRANT administrators:F Del /q%windir% winsxs ManifestCache * Also using the windows disk cleanup to remove the updates that were already installed will net you a few gig as well. Edit: remove the install files not uninstall the updates;) SW added a bunch of // that aren't supposed to be there, if your google fu doesn't turn it up let me know I can send you the notepad file with it. Ahhh the dreaded winsxs folder. Deleting the blob.bin will help. If you google that you'll find quite a few answers and will get a few gig back.
I've used this code on a couple servers, not sure if I pulled it off of MS site or somewhere else to tell the truth: Run the following commands from an elevated command prompt: Net stop trustedinstaller NOTE: Wait for it to stop and ensure it stops successfully. If you are unable to stop the service, you may need to restart your machine. Takeown /f%windir% winsxs ManifestCache * Icacls%windir% winsxs ManifestCache * /GRANT administrators:F Del /q%windir% winsxs ManifestCache * Also using the windows disk cleanup to remove the updates that were already installed will net you a few gig as well. Edit: remove the install files not uninstall the updates;) SW added a bunch of // that aren't supposed to be there, if your google fu doesn't turn it up let me know I can send you the notepad file with it. On a side note I will not uninstall any updates. It's been years and years since I needed to. If I have a problem of that level I will reimage the system instead of wasting my time to fix a failed, or bad patch/install.
Download Software Mag One A8. Windows 7 installs in 15 minutes on these systems to log-in so it's typically a lost to try and spend hours fixing advanced problems. So I'm ok with deleting out uninstall data or other related crap!
Anyone have a script or program that does this for you or automaticlly? I ran windows cleaner in both modes and cleared maybe 600mb I do it often. Cleaned up about 3GB total between the two ideas above. FROM TROY5527 (ABOVE) *WORKED If you don't care about being able to uninstall SP1, you can run this command to clear up a couple gig (need an elevated command prompt). Dism /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded FROM GRUSS (ABOVE) *WORKED Run the following commands from an elevated command prompt: Net stop trustedinstaller NOTE: Wait for it to stop and ensure it stops successfully. If you are unable to stop the service, you may need to restart your machine. Takeown /f%windir% winsxs ManifestCache * Icacls%windir% winsxs ManifestCache * /GRANT administrators:F Del /q%windir% winsxs ManifestCache * Any more ideas on clean up?