Shrinking Windows’ huge WinSxS folder is big trouble. If you try manualy to do this – you can mess up your Windows. Reduce Windows 7 or Windows Server WinSXS Folder Size is very important because on most servers (Cloud hosting virtual machine) you will have 30Gb and Windows WinSxS folder can be 10GB-15GB size. If you pay for Cloud hosting – this disk space you need to pay every day.
As freelancer you can lose a lot of money for nothing.
How to clean winsxs windows folder ? Hard. But you can down to size folder windows winsxs.
Solution :
In Windows Server 2003 go to Windows then System32 and than run as Administrator : VSP1CLEAN.exe
In Windows Server 2008 go to Windows then System32 and than run as Administrator : COMPCLN.exe
In Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 go to Windows then System32 and than run as Administrator : DISM.exe
This is it ! I got 6 GB on my server.