Can i move C:\Windows\WinSxS\Temp to another drive?

Question

I have seen other posts that I cannot move the whole winsxs folder to another drive, but I am trying to free up space on windows server 2016 box, and I was wondering if i could move C:\Windows\WinSxS\Temp to another drive? and create a link to it?

Answer 1

A better option may be to use Disk Cleanup and or move any installed programs to another disk.

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Answer 2

From the other question.

I did, it's windows, hence the post

I have never tried that, but maybe another forum user has. I doubt that you can move them. In the past, I have moved the system page file to another drive. Have you tried that?

For the servers that I supported I would peridically run cleanmgr, "dism /StartComponentCleanup", and a Powershell script that I wrote to purge various log and temp folders.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/clean-up-the-winsxs-folder?view=windows-11

Did you run TreeSize Free? It will find hidden and system files that you may not realize were eating up your disk space.

On my Win11 machine the folders you listed are using a few gig but nothing massive. If you are already low on space, even if you could move those folders, I think that you will still be looking for space.

Answer 3

further to my original question, can i move any of the following to another drive

C:\Windows\fonts

C:\Windows\servicing

C:\Windows\speach

C:\Windows\inf

C:\Windows\ime

C:\Windows\serviceprofiles

Answer 4

Trying to move windows and or operating system subfolders would not be advisable. The simplest safest solution would be to install windows to a larger partition.

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