Inta badan waxaa laga yaabaa inaad ku aragtay galka^{(WinSxS folder)} WinSxS Windows 11/10/8/7 oo aad la yaabtay cabbirkiisa. Kuwa aan haysan, galku wuxuu ku yaal C:\Windows\Winsxs wuxuuna leeyahay cabbir aad u xun! Midkaygu wuxuu ku dhow yahay 5 GB wuxuuna leeyahay ku dhawaad ​​​​6000 oo fayl iyo 25000 oo fayl ah waxayna ku dhowdahay 40% galka Windows ! Halka cabbirka galka Winsxs , ee XP, uu ku dhow yahay 25-50 MB; cabbirkeeda weyn ee Windows 11 . Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, iyo Windows Vista , ayaa dad badan soo jiidanaya! Hoos ka daawo sawirka

So what is the mystery of this Winsxs folder in Windows 11/10? Let us find so, in this post.

 

Waa maxay faylka WinSxS ee ku jira Windows 11/10

Galka WinSxS^{(WinSxS folder)} , wuxuu kaydiyaa nuqullo badan oo ah dll, exe, iyo faylalka nidaamka kale si loogu oggolaado codsiyo badan inay ku shaqeeyaan Windows iyada oo aan wax dhibaato ah la socon. Haddii aad gudaha ka dhex dhex gasho, waxaad arki doontaa wax u eg faylal badan oo nuqul ah, oo mid walba uu leeyahay magac isku mid ah. Kuwani runtii waa noocyo kala duwan oo faylal isku mid ah kuwaas oo la kaydinayo; maadaama barnaamijyada kala duwan ay u baahan karaan noocyo kala duwan.

Winsxs, oo u taagan 'Windows Side By Side' , waa kaydinta shirarka Windows -ka. Maktabadaha ay ku jiraan codsiyo badan ayaa lagu kaydiyaa halkaas. Habkan waxaa markii ugu horreysay lagu soo bandhigay Windows ME waxaana loo tixgaliyay sidii Microsoft ay u xalin lahayd waxa loogu yeero 'dll hell' arrimaha aafeeyay Windows 9x^{(Windows 9x)} .

Gudaha Winsxs , galka 'backup' waa kan ugu weyn, sida lagu ogaan karo sawirka hoose.

Mar labaad, sida lagu arki karo sawirka hoose, galka Winsxs  , noocyada 'kale ' ee faylka^{(’ File)} ayaa qaada inta badan booska. Kuwaani waxay ka kooban yihiin .imd , .ngr , .csd , .dll , .dll.mui , .exe iyo noocyada kale ee faylasha.

Gudaha Windows 7 iyo wixii ka dambeeya, ma jiro gal 'dllcache' mana heli kartid galka 'i386', halkaasoo nidaamku kaydiyo (sida XP) dhammaan qaybaha isha. Waa galkan WinSxS kan kaydiya qaybaha la wadaago ee codsiyada dhinac-dhinac ah. Faylashani waxay noqon karaan noocyo badan oo isku urur ama codsi ah. Shir kasta oo dhinac-dhinac ah wuxuu leeyahay aqoonsi gaar ah. Mid ka mid ah sifooyinka aqoonsiga shirka waa nuqulkiisa.

“Side-by-side assemblies are used by the operating system as fundamental units of naming, binding, versioning, deployment, and configuration. The Winsxs folder includes all manifests, optional components, and 3rd party Win32 files”, says Microsoft.

Laakin, sababta fayl-hoosaadyo badan iyo sababta ay u hayaan noocyo badan oo^{(so many)}  kala duwan oo isku mid ah dll, exe, ama faylal kale?

Sidii aan soo sheegnay, Windows waxay ku kaydisaa dlls-kii hore iyo qaybaha maktabadda galka WinSxS  . Hadda haddii nooca cusub ee faylkani yahay qayb ka mid ah OS-ka, laakiin codsi gaar ah wuxuu u baahan yahay nooc gaar ah si uu u socdo, markaa nooca hore ee  gal WinSxS ayaa la isticmaali doonaa, taasoo ka tagaysa nooca cusub meesha uu joogo, mid kale codsiyada laga yaabo inay u baahdaan.

Ammaan ma tahay in la tirtiro galka WinSxS?

Sida cad, ma tirtiri kartid hagahan ama ma aad u guuri kartid meel kale. Sidoo kale laguma talinayo in wax lagu tirtiro halkan, sababtoo ah tallaabadan oo kale waxay u badan tahay inay ka dhigi karto codsiyadaada kuwo aan shaqayn karin ama xitaa jabin nidaamkaaga! Haddii aad haysato codsiyo badan oo lagu rakibay, waxaad filan kartaa inaad haysato gal WinSxS - gaaban. Galkan WinSxs kuma noolaan karo mug kale oo aan ahayn mugga nidaamka. Tani waa sababta oo ah isku xirka adag ee NTFS . Haddi aad isku daydo in aad dhaqaajiso galka, waxa laga yaaba in ay kuu keento casriyaynta Windows , xidhmooyinka adeega, sifooyinka iwm, oo aan si sax ah loo rakibin.

Haddii aad ka tirtirto qaybaha galka WinSxS  sida muujinta ama shirarka, iwm, waxaad la kulmi kartaa dhibaato. Each system would react differently. What may work for one could break another!Tusaale ahaan, haddii aad rakibto barnaamij u baahan kulankaas gaarka ah, kaas oo laga yaabo inaad tirtirtay, markaa barnaamijkaasi ma socon doono! Cadaadiska galka sidoo kale waa maya, sababtoo ah waxay keeni kartaa dhibaatooyin inta lagu jiro WindowsUpdates ama marka la rakibayo Hotfix.^{(Compressing the folder is also a no-no, as it could cause problems during WindowsUpdates or while installing a Hotfix.)}

Habka ugu badbaadsan ee lagu nadiifin karo waa adigoo uninstall-ka ka saara codsiyada aadan u baahnayn. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, tani, sidoo kale, ma aha nacas-caddayn, maadaama codsiyo badani ay wali kaga tagaan faylalkooda halkan, maadaama laga yaabo inay wadaagaan codsiyada kale. Markaa suurtogalnimada in dll aan la isticmaalin laga tago waa mid aad u sareysa.

Kuma talineyno isticmaalka qalabka nadiifinta WinSxS sida WinsxsLite maadaama aad aakhirka jabin karto Windows-gaaga.^{(We would not advise the use of WinSxS cleanup tools like WinsxsLite as you could end up breaking your Windows.)}

Haddii aad rabto inaad tijaabiso software cusub ama aad rakibto oo aad si joogto ah u dejiso, waxaad ogaan kartaa in cabbirka Winsxs  uu runtii weyn yahay, maadaama Windows ay kaydin doonto nuqullo badan oo faylashan dll ah, si ay ugu oggolaato codsiyo badan iyada oo aan la helin dhibaatooyin la jaan qaada.

Nadiifinta Faylka WinSxS^{(WinSxS Folder Cleanup)} gudaha Windows 11/10

Windows 8.1 waxay soo bandhigtay ikhtiyaar cusub oo khadka taliska ah oo loogu talagalay DISM.exe , /AnalyzeComponentStore . Ku socodsiinta amarkan, waxay baari doontaa galka WinSxS waxayna kuu sheegi doontaa in Nadiifinta Qaybta Qaybaha^{(Component Store Cleanup)} lagu taliyey iyo in kale. Waxay ku jirtaa Windows 11/10 , sidoo kale.

• Gudaha Windows 11/10/8.1/8 , fur Qalabka Nadiifinta Disk^{(Disk Cleanup Tool)} oo isticmaal ikhtiyaarka Nadiifinta Cusbooneysiinta Windows si aad u nadiifiso ^{(Windows Update Cleanup)}WinSxS .
• Wixii Windows 7 , Microsoft waxay^(Microsoft) soo saartay casriyeyn ku dartay ikhtiyaarka Nadiifinta Cusbooneysiinta Windows aaladda Nadiifinta Disk .
• Isticmaalayaasha Windows Server^{(Windows Server)} waxay hadda sidoo kale ku nadiifin karaan WinSxS gudaha Windows Server iyaga oo wata Cusbooneysiinta cusub.

Waa kuwan xulashooyin kale oo laga yaabo inaad tixgeliso si aad u xorayso booska diskooga^{(free up disk space)} - qaar joogto ah iyo qaar xad dhaaf ah:

1. Ku socodsii aalada Nadiifinta Disk-ga^{(Disk Cleanup tool)}
2. Ka saar codsiyada aan la isticmaalin
3. U guuri faylka bogga darawal kale
4. Dami hurdada
5. Isticmaal ikhtiyaarka faylka qashin-qubka ee go'an si aad u qabsato faylasha kaydinta xusuusta mug kale oo nidaamka ah.
6. Dami dhibcaha soo celinta nidaamka
7. Ku deji^(Offload) astaanta isticmaale iyo hagayaasha faylka barnaamijka mug kale oo nidaamka ah.

Cusbooneysii 1 Laga soo bilaabo TechNet Blogs:^{(Update 1 From TechNet Blogs:)} Mid ka mid ah isbeddelada ugu weyn ee u dhexeeya noocyadii hore ee Windows ayaa ahaa ka guuritaanka INF lagu sifeeyay OS una guuray qaybinta. Dhammaan qaybaha nidaamka qalliinka waxaa laga helaa galka WinSxS - dhab ahaantii, waxaan ugu yeernaa goobtan dukaanka qaybta. Qayb kastaa waxay leedahay magac u gaar ah oo ay ku jiraan nooca, luqadda, iyo naqshadaha processor-ka ee loo dhisay. Galka WinSxS waa goobta kaliya ee qaybta laga helo nidaamka, dhammaan dhacdooyinka kale ee faylasha aad ku aragto nidaamka waa "mashruuc" iyadoo si adag loogu xirayo dukaanka qaybta.

Hadda oo aad ogtahay sababta uu dukaanku u kori karo si uu u weynaado, su'aashaada xigta waxay u badan tahay inaad waydiiso sababta aanaan uga saarin qaybaha hore ee qaybaha. Jawaabta oo kooban waa la isku halleyn karo. Bakhaarka qaybta, oo ay weheliso macluumaadka kale ee nidaamka, ayaa noo ogolaanaya inaan go'aamino wakhti kasta waxa qaybta ugu fiican ee qayb ka mid ah mashruuca. Taasi waxay la macno tahay in haddii aad uninstall update-ka ah ammaanka, waxaan ku rakiban kartaa nooca ugu sareeya ee soo socda ee nidaamka - hadda ma haysanno "out of order uninstall" dhibaato. Waxa kale oo ay la macno tahay in haddii aad go'aansato inaad ku rakibto sifo ikhtiyaari ah, ma dooranno oo keliya nooca RTM ee qaybta, waxaan eegi doonaa si aan u aragno nooca ugu sarreeya ee nidaamka la heli karo.

Habka kaliya ee si badbaado leh loo dhimi karo cabbirka galka WinSxS waa in la dhimo jaangooyooyinka suurtagalka ah ee uu nidaamku qaadi karo - habka ugu fudud ee loo samayn karo waa in meesha laga saaro baakadaha ku rakibay qaybaha marka hore. Tan waxa lagu samayn karaa iyada oo la saarayo noocyada baakadaha la bedelay ee ku jira nidaamkaaga. Adeegga Xidhmada 1^{(Service Pack 1)} wuxuu ka kooban yahay laba-geesood oo loo yaqaan VSP1CLN.EXE , aalad ka dhigi doonta xirmada Adeegga^{(Service Pack)} mid joogto ah (aan laga saari karin) nidaamkaaga, oo ka saari doona noocyada RTM ee dhammaan qaybaha la beddelay. Tan waxa la samayn karaa oo keliya sababtoo ah iyada oo Xidhmada Adeegga^{(Service Pack)} laga dhigayo mid joogto ah; Waxaan dammaanad qaadi karnaa inaan waligeen u baahnayn noocyada RTM -ga .

Cusbooneysii 2 Laga soo bilaabo E7 Blogs^{(From E7 Blogs)} : " Habaynta^{(Modularizing)} "Nidaamka qalliinka wuxuu ahaa yoolka injineernimada ee Windows Vista . Tani waxay ahayd in lagu xalliyo dhawr arrimood oo ku saabsan Windows dhaxalka ah ee la xidhiidha rakibidda, adeegga, iyo isku halaynta. Hagaha Windows SxS  waxa uu matalayaa "Rakibaadda iyo xaaladda adeegga" ee dhammaan qaybaha nidaamka. Laakiin dhab ahaantii, ma isticmasho inta ugu badan ee bannaanka diskka sida ay u muuqato marka la isticmaalayo qalabka ku dhex jira ( DIR iyo Explorer ) si loo cabbiro booska diskka ee la isticmaalo. Xaqiiqda ah inaan kugu adkeyno inaad ogaato inta boos ee buuggu ku isticmaalo waa qodob cadaalad ah! Hagaha WinSxS waxa kale oo uu suurtageliyaa adeega offline, oo sameeyaWindows Vista iyo ka dib "ammaan ah sawirka".

Waxaa jiray dhowr baloog iyo xitaa qaar ka mid ah aaladaha "dhulka hoostiisa" kuwaas oo kuu sheegaya inay fiican tahay in la tirtiro tusaha WinSxS  , waana run in ka dib markii la rakibo, aad ka saari karto nidaamka, waxayna u muuqan doontaa in nidaamka kabaha oo si fiican u socdo. . Laakin sida kor lagu sharaxay, tani waa dhaqan aad u xun, maadaama aad meesha ka saarayso kartida adeega la isku halayn karo, dhammaan qaybaha nidaamka hawlgalka iyo awooda lagu cusboonaysiinayo ama habaynta qaybaha ikhtiyaariga ah ee nidaamkaaga. Daaqadaha kaliya waxay taageertaa hagaha WinSxS ee wadista jireed ee goobteedii markii hore lagu rakibay.

Gabagabo^(Conclusion)

Galka WinSxS ha ahaado sida uu yahay!

Wax ka baro galka Sysnative, galka Panther^{(Panther folder)} iyo galka Catroot & Catroot2^{(Catroot & Catroot2 folders)} halkan.^{(Learn about the Sysnative folder, Panther folder and Catroot & Catroot2 folders here.)}

Akhris dheeraad ah:^{(Additional reads:)}

Analyze Windows Component Store or WinSxS in Windows WinSxS folder cleanup in Windows Add Windows Update Cleanup option to Disk Cleanup tool in Windows Clean up WinSxS Directory on Windows Server

WinSxS Folder in Windows 11/10 explained

Most of you may have noticed the WinSxS folder in Windows 11/10/8/7 and been surprised at its size. For those who have not, the folder is situated at C:\Windows\Winsxs and has a whopping size! Mine is almost 5 GB and has around 6000 folders & 25000 files and occupies almost 40% of the Windows folder! While the size of this Winsxs folder, in XP, is around 25-50 MB; its large size in Windows 11. Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista, is intriguing to many! Check the image below.

So what is the mystery of this Winsxs folder in Windows 11/10? Let us find so, in this post.

 

What is WinSxS folder in Windows 11/10

The WinSxS folder, stores multiple copies of dll, exe, and other system files to let multiple applications run in Windows without any compatibility problem. If you browse inside, you will see what looks like a lot of duplicate files, each having the same name. These are actually, different versions of the same files which are being stored; as different programs may require different versions.

Winsxs, which stands for ‘Windows Side By Side’, is Windows native assembly cache. Libraries that are being by multiple applications are stored there. This feature was first introduced, in Windows ME and was considered as Microsoft’s solution to the so-called ‘dll hell’ issues that plagued Windows 9x.

In Winsxs, the ‘backup’ folder is the largest, as can be noticed in the image below.

Again, as can be seen in the image below, in the Winsxs folder, the ‘Other’ File types take the bulk of the space. These primarily consist of .imd, .ngr, .csd, .dll, .dll.mui, .exe and such other file types.

In Windows 7 and later, there isn’t a ‘dllcache’ folder and nor can you find the ‘i386’ folder, where the system caches (like in XP) all it’s source modules. It is this WinSxS folder that stores the shared components of side-by-side applications. These files can be multiple versions of the same assembly or application. Every side-by-side assembly has a unique identity. One of the attributes of the assembly identity is its version.

“Side-by-side assemblies are used by the operating system as fundamental units of naming, binding, versioning, deployment, and configuration. The Winsxs folder includes all manifests, optional components, and 3rd party Win32 files”, says Microsoft.

But, why so many subfolders and why keep so many different versions of the same dll, exe, or other files?

As mentioned, Windows stores the old dlls and library components in the WinSxS folder. Now if a newer version of this file is a part of the OS, but a particular application requires a particular older version for running, then the older version from the WinSxS folder will be used, leaving the newer version in its present place, for other applications which may require it.

Is it safe to delete WinSxS folder?

Obviously, you cannot delete this directory or move it elsewhere. Nor is it advisable to delete anything here, as such a step could probably make your applications un-workable or even break your system! If you have many applications installed, you can expect to have a jumbo-sized WinSxS folder. This WinSxs folder cannot reside on any other volume than the system volume. This is because of the NTFS hard links. If you try to move the folder, it may result in Windows updates, service packs, features, etc., not installing correctly.

If you delete components from the WinSxS folder like the manifests or the assemblies, etc., you could be in trouble. Each system would react differently. What may work for one could break another! For instance, if you install a program that requires that particular assembly, which you may have deleted, then that program will just not run! Compressing the folder is also a no-no, as it could cause problems during WindowsUpdates or while installing a Hotfix.

The safest way to clean it is by simply uninstalling applications that you don’t require. However, this, too, is not fool-proof, as many applications still leave behind their files here, since they may be shared between other applications. So the probability of dud unused dll‘s being left behind is quite high.

We would not advise the use of WinSxS cleanup tools like WinsxsLite as you could end up breaking your Windows.

And if you are into trying out new software or installing and uninstalling frequently, you may notice that your Winsxs size is indeed large, as Windows will store multiple copies of these dll files, in order to let multiple applications without compatibility problems.

WinSxS Folder Cleanup in Windows 11/10

Windows 8.1 introduced a new command-line option for DISM.exe, /AnalyzeComponentStore. Running this command, will analyze the WinSxS folder and tell you whether a Component Store Cleanup is recommended or not. It is present in Windows 11/10, as well.

• In Windows 11/10/8.1/8, open Disk Cleanup Tool and use the Windows Update Cleanup option to clean the WinSxS.
• For Windows 7, Microsoft released an update that added the Windows Update Cleanup option to the Disk Cleanup tool.
• Windows Server users can now also clean up WinSxS in Windows Server with new the new Update.

Here are some other options you may consider to free up disk space – some routine and some extreme:

1. Run Disk Cleanup tool
2. Uninstall unused applications
3. Move Page file to another drive
4. Disable hibernation
5. Use the dedicated dump file option to capture memory dump files on another volume on the system.
6. Disable system restore points
7. Offload user profile and program file directories to another volume on the system.

Update 1 From TechNet Blogs: One of the largest changes between previous versions of Windows was a move from an INF described OS to componentization. All of the components in the operating system are found in the WinSxS folder – in fact, we call this location the component store. Each component has a unique name that includes the version, language, and processor architecture that it was built for. The WinSxS folder is the only location that the component is found on the system, all other instances of the files that you see on the system are “projected” by hard linking from the component store.

Now that you know why the store can grow to be so large, your next question is probably to ask why we don’t remove the older versions of the components. The short answer to that is reliability. The component store, along with other information on the system, allows us to determine at any given time what the best version of a component to the project is. That means that if you uninstall a security update, we can install the next highest version on the system – we no longer have an “out of order uninstall” problem. It also means that if you decide to install an optional feature, we don’t just choose the RTM version of the component, we’ll look to see what the highest available version on the system is.

The only way to safely reduce the size of the WinSxS folder is to reduce the set of possible actions that the system can take – the easiest way to do that is to remove the packages that installed the components in the first place. This can be done by uninstalling superseded versions of packages that are on your system. Service Pack 1 contains a binary called VSP1CLN.EXE, a tool that will make the Service Pack package permanent (not removable) on your system, and remove the RTM versions of all superseded components. This can only be done because by making the Service Pack permanent; we can guarantee that we won’t ever need the RTM versions.

Update 2 From E7 Blogs: “Modularizing” the operating system was an engineering goal in Windows Vista. This was to solve a number of issues in legacy Windows related to installation, servicing, and reliability. The Windows SxS directory represents the “installation and servicing state” of all system components. But in reality, it doesn’t actually consume as much disk space as it appears when using the built-in tools (DIR and Explorer) to measure disk space used. The fact that we make it tricky for you to know how much space is consumed in a directory is a fair point! The WinSxS directory also enables offline servicing, and makes Windows Vista and later “safe for imaging”.

There have been several blogs and even some “underground” tools that tell you it’s ok to delete the WinSxS directory, and it’s certainly true that after installation, you can remove it from the system, and it will appear that the system boots and runs fine. But as described above, this is a very bad practice, as you’re removing the ability to reliably service, all operating system components and the ability to update or configure optional components on your system. Windows only supports the WinSxS directory on the physical drive in its originally installed location.

Conclusion

Let the WinSxS folder be as it is!

Learn about the Sysnative folder, Panther folder and Catroot & Catroot2 folders here.

Additional reads:

Analyze Windows Component Store or WinSxS in Windows WinSxS folder cleanup in Windows Add Windows Update Cleanup option to Disk Cleanup tool in Windows Clean up WinSxS Directory on Windows Server

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