Showing posts with label Windows Cleanup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows Cleanup. Show all posts

May 16, 2014

Disk Cleanup utility (CleanMgr) on Windows 2008 R2 Active Directory

Do you need 4GB+ cleaned from a Windows 2008 R2 Active Directory Domain Controller?

In the past, Windows 2008 servers infamously stored obsolete program/update backups in C:\Windows\winsxs\ and there was no safe/supported way to cleanup.  A May 2014 update now allows cleanup.  Reference: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2014/05/13/how-to-clean-up-the-winsxs-directory-and-free-up-disk-space-on-windows-server-2008-r2-with-new-update.aspx

To simplify this, here are the commands (specific to Windows 2008 R2 64bit):

copy %systemroot%\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_c9392808773cd7da\cleanmgr.exe %systemroot%\System32\

copy %systemroot%\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_b9cb6194b257cc63\cleanmgr.exe.mui %systemroot%\System32\en-US\

cleanmgr.exe

Select your OS Drive, then Check-mark the Service Pack Backup Files, and continue.

You should regain 4+GB on a Domain Controller (at least that is my experience).

When run on non-domain server, the I've found the Service Pack Backup Files was always 0 bytes.  Unsure why, but your mileage may vary.

If you have a non-R2 or non-64bit, follow the 2nd link referenced (Follow option 2).

Good luck.
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