Unable to clean WinSxS stuck ad 20% and no folder “cleanup windows update”

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  1. Triss

    Triss MDL Novice

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  2. xinso

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    #2 xinso, Aug 1, 2023
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    It's been "done", NOT "stuck".

    Check:
    Code:
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>dir /b C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\*RollupFix*.mum
    Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~19041.3086.1.9.mum
    Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~19041.3208.1.10.mum
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>
    
    ---> more than the latest one
    Not being cleaned up.
    ---> Run DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
    Code:
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
    
    部署映像服務與管理工具
    版本: 10.0.19041.844
    
    映像版本: 10.0.19044.3208
    
    [=====                      10.0%                          ]
    [==========================100.0%==========================]
    操作順利完成。
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>
    
    --->
    Code:
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>dir /b C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\*RollupFix*.mum
    Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~19041.3208.1.10.mum
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>
    
    --->
    Being cleaned up.
    ---> ReRun DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
    Code:
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /english /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup /resetbase
    
    Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
    Version: 10.0.19041.844
    
    Image Version: 10.0.19044.3208
    
    [===========                20.0%                          ]
    The operation completed successfully.
    
    C:\WINDOWS\system32>
    

    And taskschd "Microsoft\Windows\Servicing" is also "StartComponentCleanup".
     
  3. abbodi1406

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    #3 abbodi1406, Aug 1, 2023
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    Because there is nothing to clean (remove or compress)

    cleanmgr choice only show up if it detect superseded (removable) updates, which you don't
     
  4. acer-5100

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    #4 acer-5100, Aug 1, 2023
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    I was puzzled by my values which are less than half the value that OP gets.

    Then I realized that the returned value is the effective size taken on disk by the WinSXS folder, not the sum of all the included files. And all my disks are LZX compressed :D

    upload_2023-8-1_11-39-9.png
     
  5. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    Life is too short to battle with updates and disk size on your daily-use stable system :D
    My main Windows 8.1 hasn't been updated beyond 2020-11 (except latest SSUs to play with WU detection)
     
  6. acer-5100

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    You're telling that to someone who's using Server TP4 on notebook and server 2020 (19041.388) on server....:p

    LTSC2021 is updated because this (this to be precise)
     
  7. Nicolas Bermudez

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    I feel offended by this LMAO, eventhough my routine is simply load wim - install monthly updates - save wim - wait for another month, without using it as my main Windows.
     
  8. acer-5100

    acer-5100 MDL Guru

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    What about employing your time in a more useful activity?

    Even if you want to stay updated what's the point of rebuilding a wim each month?

    Use WU and let it do its job
     
  9. abbodi1406

    abbodi1406 MDL KB0000001

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    That wasn't my intention :p
    updated backup images are good to keep / play with, but for already installed system, it doesn't worth the trouble to break it
     
  10. Nicolas Bermudez

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    Oh, my addiction to anime is even worse. New season every 3 months, dozens of titles every season, weekly episode for every title, and I usually watch no less than 5 titles every season, which means 5 episodes each week. Not to mention hanging around in reddit r/Anime.
     
  11. acer-5100

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    But, I guess, you don't watch the same episode each month :D
     
  12. Nicolas Bermudez

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    No problem at all, you are good. I am just laughing at myself, as someone with "fetish" on Windows Update while also someone who totally believes in "if it ain't broke don't fix it".
     
  13. Nicolas Bermudez

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    Yeah, at least my daily "crap" isn't something related to telemetry