


You won’t be able to uninstall any currently installed service packs or updates after this completes:ĭISM.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase The following command will remove all old versions of every component. You won’t be able to uninstall any currently installed service packs after running this command:ĭISM.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /SPSuperseded The following command will remove files needed for uninstallation of service packs. This means that every Windows Update you install increases the size of your WinSXS folder.įor example, the following command will uninstall all previous versions of components without the scheduled task’s 30-day grace period:ĭISM.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

The new Windows component in the WinSXS folder and keeps the old component in the WinSXS folder. The WinSXS folder contains every operating system file. In fact, component files elsewhere in Windows are just links to files contained in the WinSXS folder. The WinSXS folder contains all Windows system components.
