Recover Tons of Wasted Disk Space with the New Windows Update Cleanup

[Night_Hawk]

Windows: Microsoft has released a Windows 7 update that adds a new option in the Disk Cleanup tool called Windows Update Cleanup. With it, you can free up several gigabytes of hard drive space from the bloated Windows Updates folder.


Windows Updates can be terrible space hogs. Windows saves every security update and hotfixeven if they're superseded by new updatesin the WinSxS directory. You can't just manually delete everything in that folder, because some files are needed just in case a system file gets corrupted or you need to roll back a Windows Update.

So that's where this new Windows Update comes in. Released yesterday for Windows 7 SP1 machines, KB 2852386 adds the ability to cleanup all the obsolete updates in the WinSxS folder. It's a "recommended" update but not "critical," so you might not have installed it yet. You can either do a Windows Update to download it or head to the Knowledge Base article to grab it from there. (Note: Windows Update Cleanup is included in Windows 8.1.)
Once you have it installed, run Disk Cleanup and click the "Clean up system files" button to find the new Windows Update Cleanup option. Note that running this cleanup will prevent you from uninstalling any updates you have currently applied, but you can manually download and install previous update versions if you ever need to rollback.
Hit up TechNet below for more details, including a way to automate this process
http://lifehacker.com/recover-tons-of-wasted-disk-space-with-the-new-windows-1442937625

 

[Night_Hawk]

[h=1]Update is available that enables you to delete outdated Windows updates by using a new option in the Disk Cleanup wizard in Windows 7 SP1[/h]Article ID: 2852386 - View products that this article applies to.
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Introduction[/h]

This article describes an update for the Disk Cleanup wizard in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

This update adds a new plugin to the Disk Cleanup wizard. After you install this update, you can use the Windows Update Cleanup option to delete Windows updates that you no longer need.

Notes

• The Windows Update Cleanup option is available only when the Disk Cleanup wizard detects Windows updates that you do not need on the computer.
• To enable you to roll back to previous updates, updates are stored in the WinSxS store even after they are superseded by later updates. Therefore, after you run the Disk Cleanup wizard, you may be unable to roll back to a superseded update. If you want to roll back to a superseded update that the Disk Cleanup wizard deletes, you can manually install the update.

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More information[/h]After you install this update, follow these steps to clean up Windows update files.

Note You must have administrator permissions to clean up Windows update files.

1. Start the Disk Cleanup wizard. To do this, use one of the following methods:
   • Method 1: Click Start, type cleanmgr in the Start Search box, and then click OK.
   • Method 2: Click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, click System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup.
   • Method 3: If a Low Disk Space notification appears, click the notification to open the Disk Cleanup wizard.
2. Select the Windows 7 system drive, and then click OK.
   
   Note This operation might take several seconds because the Disk Cleanup wizard searches for files on the drive that can be cleaned up.
3. If the Windows Update Cleanup option is not displayed on the Disk Cleanup tab, click Clean up system files. If the Windows Update Cleanup option is displayed on the Disk Cleanup tab, go to step 5.
   
   Note The Windows Update Cleanup option is available only when you log on by using administrator permissions.
4. Select the Windows 7 system drive, and then click OK.
5. On the Disk Cleanup tab, select Windows Update Cleanup, and then click OK.
   
   Note By default, the Windows Update Cleanup option is already selected.
6. When a dialog box appears, click Delete Files.

Notes

• The Disk Cleanup wizard runs in the background.
• You may have to restart the computer to finish the cleanup process.

For more information about how to use a command line to configure the Disk Cleanup wizard to automatically clean up certain files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 315246 How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP and Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2852386/en-us

 

[sngilani]

Please do not advertise on this forum.

 

[Geek]

Please do not advertise on this forum.

This is not advertisement, I just updated my windows, this update was part of package.. Ran System clean up and got 4Gb 'extra' space.

 

[farazah82]

This is not advertisement, I just checked updated my windows, this update was part of package.. Ran System clean and got 4Gb 'extra' space.

Hard to imagine a real geek using Microsoft Windows.

 

[Geek]

Hard to imagine a real geek using Microsoft Windows.

Main sirf naam ka geek houn.. :D

 

[farazah82]

:)
Are you IT student or something?

 

[BHAAI]

میں تو پچھلے پانچ سال سے ایڈوانس ڈیفریگ استمعال کرتا ہوں ، اس سے جنک اور رجسٹری دونوں صاف ہوجاتی ہیں

 

[phonemart.pk]

yeh to kamal ho gaya. winsxs to kabhi kabhi 6-7 gb tak pohanch jata hy. is ko manually delete krna parta tha.