Windows folder size.

Question

Hi there. I have just found that the windows folder on my laptop is over 50 GB in size. This seems excessive. Is there any way I can reduce its size. Bear in mind please that I am not very tech savvy. Les.

Answer 1

The largest I can find is called "logs" which contains 18.9 GBs. Followed by "winsxs" with 13.5 GBs and finally "system 32" with 14.5 GBs. Hope this helps. Les

The Logs folder is much too large. I would open an elevatedCommand Prompt, then do this:

1. Rename it to Logs.bad
2. Create a new Logs folder.
3. Wait a week.
4. If all is well, delete Logs.bad from an elevated Command prompt.

My own Winsxs folder is 5.7 GBytes in size. I do not know why yours should be 2.5 times larger. Maybe you can find out by checking out the numerous discussions you will find with a Google search.

My System32 folder is 5.3 GBytes in size. Yours is almost 3 times larger. How do its subfolders compare to mine?

          MBytes   Files

              10     177  C:\WINDOWS\System32\spp

              10     649  C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell

              13      48  C:\WINDOWS\System32\oobe

              14       7  C:\WINDOWS\System32\SMI

              17       2  C:\WINDOWS\System32\Nui

              26      32  C:\WINDOWS\System32\F12

              27      62  C:\WINDOWS\System32\IME

              42       5  C:\WINDOWS\System32\catroot2

              43   1'829  C:\WINDOWS\System32\en-US

              44      10  C:\WINDOWS\System32\WinBioPlugIns

              49     418  C:\WINDOWS\System32\migwiz

              58       8  C:\WINDOWS\System32\Macromed

              79   4'436  C:\WINDOWS\System32\CatRoot

              87     651  C:\WINDOWS\System32\wbem

             116     625  C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers

             155     326  C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool

             189     307  C:\WINDOWS\System32\winevt

           2'034   4'688  C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore

           2'163   4'123  C:\Windows\System32

           5'247  19'528  (Total)

Answer 2

Thanks for helping. The folder is in C drive and its just called Windows. Within that folder are "91 items", which includes some small documents but over 60 subfolders, and a lot of them have subfolders. The largest I can find is called "logs" which contains 18.9 GBs. Followed by "winsxs" with 13.5 GBs and finally "system 32" with 14.5 GBs. Hope this helps. Les

Answer 3

Hi there. I have just found that the windows folder on my laptop is over 50 GB in size. This seems excessive. Is there any way I can reduce its size. Bear in mind please that I am not very tech savvy. Les.

Sorry, it is not possible to answer your question unless you tell us the full name & location of the folder plus some file names.