winsxs folder cleanup old nvidia drivers windows 7 64 bit

The site I found the command on did note it 'would take a while' and 'be patient' but I'm getting a bit worried/impatient now, as it has been sitting at 42.7% for about 20 minutes now after getting to that point fairly quickly.Īgain, this is on a new install of Windows 10, upgraded from a fresh install of Windows 7 today.

Not nearly what it would with an old install that has seen tons of Windows Updates, but some. Looked around and found this command:ĭism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBaseĪs I understand it this goes through the WinSxS directory (the component store) and deletes everything that's been superseded by a newer version, leaving only the most recent versions of each component, and should shave a good bit off of it.

So after some looking around I determined it would probably be worth it to try and shrink the WinSxS directory on this new Windows 10 install before imaging it, as it's roughly 1/2 the data on the drive right now (and that's real size, not including hard-links).

Winsxs folder cleanup old nvidia drivers windows 7 64 bit