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A comment on Windows 95 defenses against installers that overwrite a file with an older one.

Re:Windows 95 defenses against installers that overwrite a f... by ruevs on Wednesday April 01, 2026 @05:53PM (#47607011)
And 6-7 years later the `WinSxS` directory was born and these days it is tens of gigabytes.

`Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase`

In an administrator command prompt. You can thank me when it's finished ;-)

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