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Article_86:
This file is 12.4 GB.  That's Bytes w/ a G!  What the heck is in this folder, and why is it so darned large?!  This can't be right.  Is there some way to get rid of some of these files?  Is "winssx" an abbreviation for Windows Sux?  - Art

Boggin:
In Win 7 you can use Disk Cleanup to trim the WinSxS folder of outdated Windows updates.

Go Start - type disk cleanup - right click on Disk Cleanup and select Run as administrator and let it delete the default items.

When first run this can clean out 2 - 3GB of outdated updates.

I run this after each month's updates which usually cleans out about 200MB but it only found about 90MB after October's.

Article_86:
Thanks, bud.  The Run as Administrator Context Command was no longer available when I tried to run it from the Search Result.  I had to do it in the system32 folder where it resides.  It got about 132 MB.  Groovy!  Do you know why Windows doesn't already know that I am Admin?  There are no other Users but me.  I'm going to use that option more often ... sounds like a good way to get in more trouble.  hehehe  I also noticed that I have 2 instances of Take Ownership in my Context Menu.  Any thoughts on that one?  ... Woah!  I just double-checked.  I see 2 Take Ownerships when I right-click in the Search Results, but only 1 everywhere else.  (Screen shot attached.)  I think I found a bug for Shane, maybe.  Could you verify? - Art

Boggin:
Art - that pic is too blurry to read.

Article_86:
You know, when I opened it up in Photo Viewer.  it was blurry, and Explore too.  But when I opened it in the app that I transformed it with (Serif Draw 4X).  I have done this with success before, I;ll have to go back to review the process again.  Probably tomorrow, 'cause I haven't slept in 26 hours.  - Art   :sleep:

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