Winsxs folder is ridiculous. I realize why it exists and what it contains. Explorer.exe needs to be fixed so that it displays the accurate size of the hardlinks, not the file sizes the hardlinks refer to. My Winsxs folder actually only contains 700MB of data, the rest of the 6.7GB are hardlinks referencing other files. Suppose that Windows is reporting that my C: drive is out of hard drive space at that moment. What this actually means is that I still have 6GB free on my hard drive, but explorer.exe cannot recognize it. Again, this folder is ridiculous. Please tell me a fix is coming for this.

The following blog has explained the size of the Winsxs folder. It should be helpful. What is the WINSXS directory in Windows 2008 and Windows Vista and why is it so large?Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.