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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by chiefalchemist on Saturday October 20, 2018 @12:08PM (#18263893)
Speaking of deleting data, why does Windows leave so much post-update garbage?
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by tmymt on Saturday October 20, 2018 @12:14PM (#18263933)
You can use the Disk Clean-up wizard to remove that garbage. It's left for some time so you can roll back.
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by TwoNineA on Saturday October 20, 2018 @12:40PM (#18264062)
That will be gone in the 1809 version.
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by Klathmon on Saturday October 20, 2018 @01:00PM (#18264162)
Isn't it replaced by another tool called smart storage or something similar?
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by blattimwind on Saturday October 20, 2018 @12:10PM (#18263904)
Because updates can be rolled back. At least, in theory.
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by chiefalchemist on Saturday October 20, 2018 @01:01PM (#18264176)
Fine. But can't the files be pseudo archived somewhere out of that way?
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Re:Microsoft’s problem isn’t how often it updates Windows, i... by ryanburk on Saturday October 20, 2018 @01:26PM (#18264319)
historically they have been in archived in "C:\Windows.old" and later are removed when a new update is installed or if you use disk cleanup->system files. there used to be logic to clean this up proactively if disk space was too low, but my hands on knowledge here is >4yrs old.

this is different than the side-by-side (WinSxS) support that allows parallel versions of the same dll to live on the system. that used to grow at huge rates when you had lots of system updates + lots of apps.

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