As the title of that links indicates, it is my understanding the cleanup is only helpful following the application of a service pack. If you are just sitting on the base 2008 R2, I don't think there is anything you can do-unless you upgraded a 2008 machine to 2008 R2. No idea about that one.
From: Damien Solodow [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WinSxS folder on Server 2008 R2 Something like this perhaps: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/122262-windows-7-sp1-disk-cleanup-t ool.html DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.447.6033 (office) 317.217.6851 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE From: John Cook [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WinSxS folder on Server 2008 R2 That much I gathered but there was a one time cleanup process available in Vista/2008 to remove the unnecessary files. John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 From: Mayo, Bill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WinSxS folder on Server 2008 R2 It contains backup copies of Windows files and cannot be deleted. http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2010/08/06/should-you-delete-f iles-in-the-winsxs-directory-and-what-s-the-deal-with-vss.aspx From: John Cook [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 4:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: WinSxS folder on Server 2008 R2 Does anyone know what the deal is on this? There is a vsp1cln and compcln file mentioned in reference to Vista/2008 but I'm not finding anything in reference to R2 that is helpful in regards to cleaning up this disk hog. 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