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Directory C:\Windows\winsxs

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This page is about hard disk directory (on Windows operating systems, directory is nicknamed "folder") C:\Windows\winsxs
Folders on hard disk contain files - data, exefiles, dlls and other types.

Directory can contain almost any number of files, up to thousands or even hundreds of thousands. But typical folder holds something between ten to one or two hundred files.

There are also two special "subfolders" of C:\Windows\winsxs, one is named "." (yes, single dot) and serves as an alias for C:\Windows\winsxs itself, second is named ".." (two dots) and is an alias for a parent folder "C:\Windows".

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Directory information

Name:	C:\Windows\winsxs
Parent:	C:\Windows
Operating system folder:
Can be safely deleted:
Contains user's data:
Contains logfiles:
Is temporary:

Subdirectories of C:\Windows\winsxs:

Log files found in directory C:\Windows\winsxs:

C:\Windows\winsxs\poqexec.log

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C:\Program Files\Epic Games, C:/Program Files/WindowsApps/Microsoft.BingNews_4.55.42641.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe, C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office/Updates/Download/PackageFiles/4C910A95-43BE-4080-8687-9CD942ED0556/root/Office16/SkypeSrv, C:/Program Files (x86)/Autodesk/ApplicationPlugins/Autodesk AppManager.bundle, C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/FLIR Systems/Pleora/eBUS, C:/Program Files (x86)/Lenovo/Lenovo Photo Master/subsys, C:/Program Files/X Codec Pack, C:\Windows\tracing, C:/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Acrobat 5.0/Reader, C:/Program Files (x86)/SAMSUNG/Samsung Universal Printer Installer/Setup/Printer/UPD_XPS,

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