Jody Thornton Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Hey Folks: On Windows 8.1, there is the /resetbase switch that was designed to remove all older replaced components in the WinSxS folder. Windows 8 cannot do this. Now I tried DISM++ (sorta like Ccleaner) which can do this for the component store, but only if you have Windows 8.1 or higher. Does anyone know of a tool or method that CAN reset the base components to the latest installed? on Windows 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 The only thing I know is that the Windows Update cleaning of the Windows 8 Disk Cleanup utility removes all the superseded Windows Updates. I don't know if this is what you want or it is something else. There is also this: Quote /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup Use /StartComponentCleanup to clean up the superseded components and reduce the size of the component store. Example: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup I don't know if the /resetbase switch does really something more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 It does. It sets the currently installed components as the new "base" components, and removes everything else. The Start Component Cleanup command will delete older updates but not replace older components that came with the system initially that have been replaced. Thanks for helping me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 What are these other "components"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, HarryTri said: What are these other "components"? Oh OK. I'm simplifying the process a lot, so this is how I understand it: Let's say the component "shell32.dll" is initially released in October 2012. There are three updates for colour rendering problems, and two for security holes (I'm making this up of course ...lol). The way Windows 8 removes components, is that it keeps the original version, the newest colour-fixed one, and the newest security-fixed one. Then Windows 8 uses hardlinks to point to the correctly matched version to support whatever program you run. In the Windows 8.1 /resetbase option will remove all but the newest version, and JUST use that. I hope I have that correct. It appears that DISM++ calculates that (if I were able to use /resetbase) I could rid of an additional 1.46 GB. Edited September 24, 2017 by JodyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Oh, I see.. Anyway, 1.46 GB aren't so much for today's disks (personally at least I can live with it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Oh no I realize that. I just wanted to see if I could clean it completely. To me, even though 1.46 GB is perhaps piddly, I still think like the rich millionaire who still realizes the worth of a dollar. Every gigabyte counts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryTri Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I totally agree but I still prefer Windows 8. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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