The Disk Cleanup is suitable for all Windows Server versions, including Windows Server R2, which runs to clear junk or unnecessary files. This article will show you how to enable disk cleanup in server r2, and also show you how to free up your disk space, extend your disk. Start the Disk Cleanup wizard. · Select the Windows 7 or Windows Server R2 system drive, and then click OK. · If the Windows Update Cleanup option is not.
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Windows server 2008 r2 enterprise disk cleanup free.Disk Cleanup in Windows Server 2008 R2
After pages and pages of comments from you requesting the ability to clean up the WinSxS directory and component store on Windows Server R2, an update is available.
As a refresher, the Windows Server R2 update is directly related to my previous blog post announcing a similar fix for Windows 7 client. The Windows 7 version of this fix introduced an additional option to the Disk Cleanup wizard that would cleanup previous versions of Windows Update files.
What does this mean for Windows Server R2? After installing this update and prior to being able to perform the cleanup, the Desktop Experience feature must be installed.
Why you ask? Disk Cleanup is not installed by default on Windows Server R2. It is instead a component installed with the Desktop Experience feature. This was evaluated, however, due to the amount of changes required and the rigorous change approval process, it was not feasible to back port the functionality this way.
Knowing that it would be some time before everyone could upgrade to Windows Server R2 and based on feedback from an internal survey taken of a subset of enterprise customers, it was determined that this update would still be useful in its Disk Cleanup form, even with the Desktop Experience prerequisite. We hope you agree. However, we are aware that for some of you, the Desktop Experience requirement will be a deal breaker, but decided to release it anyway hoping it will help in some instances.
The update is available on Windows Update. It can also be manually downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. The KB article listed above will also direct you to a download link in the Microsoft Download Center. The size of the WinSxS directory will vary by server. Some of you will have smaller WinSxS directories, some larger. Installing the update is just like installing any other update. Just download and double-click on the.
This is expected as we need to run Disk Cleanup in order for this to take effect. It also does not require a reboot to install the hotfix. When installing Desktop Experience, it does require additional features. Just like the Windows 7 cleanup, mileage will vary.
Also like Windows 7, the actual cleanup occurs during the next reboot. After the reboot, taking a look at the WinSxS directory, it has shrunk to the following:. Can I get a cheer? So maybe it is a bit much to expect IT admins to cheer, but can I get an appreciative grunt? The script certainly beats the alternative of doing this all manually. The script will cleanup not only previous Windows Update files as well as Service Pack files. The script can be run from any directory on the server.
It has two parameters: LogPath and a switch called NoReboot. LogPath will allow the user to specify a log location or if none is specified, by default, the script will create a log in the same directory from which the script was executed. NoReboot allows the user to suppress reboots, but will require manual reboots by an administrator.
Note : Make sure to check the log file to verify the process completed successfully and to verify there is no manual interaction required. If the script has completed successfully, the log will end with CleanMgr complete. The script has several phases, using a registry key to keep track of progress.
After initial run, it inserts itself as a scheduled task, which runs as local system. The final phase removes the task. Depending on pending reboots, etc, we have found that this phase may generate a few reboots. Do not be concerned if the server reboots a few times. If you have installed the Desktop Experience feature and thus have the Disk Cleanup utility, you can select the following option to do the same thing:.
If you haven't done it before, it is certain to free up some space. What does that mean? Well, it means that this functionality is already built into a later operating system. In this case, that operating system is Windows Server R2. Not only do we have several mechanisms to automatically cleanup previous versions of Windows Update files like this update does, we even have the ability to more accurately determine the size of the component store aka the WinSxS directory.
The command to accurately determine the size of the component store on Windows Server R2 is as follows:. Running this command analyzes the component store to determine the size and whether cleanup is recommended. Notice in the screen shot that it provides you with the Windows Explorer reported size and the actual size:.
Notice that the component store is much smaller than Windows Server R2 right out of the gate? Another win for Windows Server R2!
Looking at the breakdown of the 5. We see that Shared with Windows accounts for 3. Shared with Windows refers to the size of the files that are hardlinked between the WinSxS directory and the Windows location of the file. Because these hardlinks appear to take up space, but don't really, we can subtract them from our component store size.
Therefore, the actual size of the component store is the total of Backups and Disabled Features plus Cache and Temporary Data or 1. We can manually cleanup the component store on Windows Server R2 by running the following command:. What does this do? When this runs, Windows cleans up the previous versions of the component that was updated. It removes previous versions of the files updated by Windows Updates. So no notable difference really. This same command is run every 30 days as a scheduled task with a time limit of 1 hour.
With the scheduled task however, the task will wait at least 30 days after an updated component has been installed before uninstalling the previous versions of the component. Check out the following series on the AskCore team blog for an in-depth look at servicing improvements on Windows Server R Most of these are not automatically turned on with the exception of Windows Defender whose service is started after reboot.
Not all 3rd party anti-viruses conflict with Windows Defender, but there have been reports that some do. If this were a tested and supported option, we certainly would have included these details in this post and definitely would have used this method to automate the cleanup.
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Windows server 2008 r2 enterprise disk cleanup free
This update adds a new plugin to the Disk Cleanup wizard. After you install this update, you can use the Windows Update Cleanup option to delete Windows updates that you no longer need.
The Windows Update Cleanup option is available only when the Disk Cleanup wizard detects Windows updates that you do not need on the computer. To let you roll back to previous updates, updates are stored in the WinSxS store even after they are superseded by later updates. Therefore, after you run the Disk Cleanup wizard, you may be unable to roll back to a superseded update.
If you want to roll back to a superseded update that the Disk Cleanup wizard deletes, you can manually install the update. The feature update was already released for Windows 7 SP1 in October in , and there is no revision for the Windows 7 bundles. After you install this update, follow these steps to clean up Windows update files. Note You must have administrator permissions to do this. Note This operation might take several seconds because the Disk Cleanup wizard searches for files on the drive that can be cleaned up.
Note The Windows Update Cleanup option is available only when you log on by using administrator permissions. Note By default, the Windows Update Cleanup option is already selected. For more information about how to use a command line to configure the Disk Cleanup wizard to automatically clean up certain files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. This update is available from Windows Update. Download the update package now.
For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.
For more information about how to obtain a Windows 7 or Windows Server R2 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. The global version of this hotfix installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables.
The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time DST bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files. GDR service branches contain only those fixes that are widely released to address widespread, critical issues.
LDR service branches contain hotfixes in addition to widely released fixes. The security catalog files, for which the attributes are not listed, are signed with a Microsoft digital signature. Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:.
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