Last 3 Cumulative Updates Leave more than half a million files and folders

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Windows 10 – 1903 – The last 3 cumulative updates appear to have left more than half a million files and folders in C:/Windows/servicing/LCU/Package_for_RollupFix ………….

Just over 100,000 folders – most of which have two subfolders  each with at least one file.

The files appear to be tiny .

From the dates they appear to relate to
KB4540673, KB4534132  KB4532693
Is this normal  to leave this number of files and folders ?  Am I correct in thinking they are there in case they need to be uninstalled

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Windows 10 – 1903 – The last 3 cumulative updates appear to have left more than half a million files and folders in C:/Windows/servicing/LCU/Package_for_RollupFix ………….

Just over 100,000 folders – most of which have two subfolders  each with at least one file.

The files appear to be tiny .

From the dates they appear to relate to
KB4540673, KB4534132  KB4532693
Is this normal  to leave this number of files and folders ?  Am I correct in thinking they are there in case they need to be uninstalled

I have the same on my 1909 pro.

Disk Cleanup and Storage Sense won’t delete the folder/files.

It seems the LCU folder can be deleted if you wish (keep a backup)

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/be35a9ee-a610-4fdc-bb6c-50b9f458d19a/huge-lcufolder-after-latest-cumulative-update-on-windows-10-1809?forum=win10itprosetup

 

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[AlphaCharlie]

Wow.  My system was created in January by upgrading from Win 7 directly to Win 10 1909.  It sure seems like a lot of files.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by AlphaCharlie.
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[EP]

normally you can’t delete any files & folders from the \Windows\servicing\ folder cuz the Win10 OS protects users like you alphacharlie (even Admins) from messing with that folder.

you could use something like PowerRun to launch a 3rd party File Manager app like Explorer++ (to run that with SYSTEM or TrustedInstaller rights) to actually delete some files/folders there but I would never recommend doing that as you could be making things worse (aka. doing more harm than good) and the Win10 OS may get less stable than it already is. anyway, the built-in Win10 File Explorer app will forbid you from deleting/editing stuff in that \Windows\servicing\ folder.

so leave everything in the \Windows\servicing\ folder alone.

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Love this group so much – Thx Woody

YES just deleted all Servicing/LCU folders.

Would not delete LCU main, but open it & select all subs and shift del – WHAM

ALSO been using WIPE.exe ver 17.34 for a year, no problems.

it alwayys finds a “windows installer cache” around 1/2Gig which Disk Cleanup never removes

“WHO AT MS IS  PUSHING THIS MADNESS”

 

 

be well, breathe and honor wabi sabi

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Whoa! I’m trying to understand my own W10 Pro, but I’m seeing two completely different responses here, to OP… one to ignore, and one to delete…

legnoso wrote:

Am I correct in thinking they are there in case they need to be uninstalled

EP wrote:

so leave everything in the \Windows\servicing\ folder alone.

noblame no gain wrote:

YES just deleted all Servicing/LCU folders.

Ouch! Maybe there could be some clarification regarding the purpose of these folders, whether size or number of folders could be an issue, and why, or why not, one would delete them? I’m trying to understand how my OS functions, and the best way to maintain it, and got seriously confused here.

Non-techy Win 10 Pro and Linux Mint experimenter

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Keep your Win10 updated and execute this to delete trash:

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase

Got my Win10 to 7GB on SxS and 1 GB on Servicing

PS: never delete manually files in C:\Windows, since Win8.1 many files are protected ‘coz Windows will use them at some point for some reason, so to restore your Windows good health, make a .iso file from a Windows DVD or download a copy from TechNet, mount it with Daemon Tools Lite (freeware), then put this on a .bat:

@echo off
echo Start:
time /t
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /LimitAccess
echo Finish:
time /t
pause
exit

and execute as admin as rh.bat F:\

where F:\ is your virtual Daemon Tools Lite drive

Best of Lucks

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