Before you go off and tell me that WinSxS is important to my OS's functionality...
I had a Windows 7 RC installation, which I sort of wrecked and I had to reinstall the OS over it. Of course, what happened was that the old Windows files were transferred to Windows.old. However, the WinSxS folder of the original installation remained, and lives on at eight gigabytes. When I tried deleting it, either from XP or from the new Win7 installation, I got "Access Denied" or "You Need Permission From TrustedInstaller" respectively.
TrustedInstaller owns the WinSxS folders, and I cannot change the ownership status. I can rename the folder, but not delete it. I have tried to use MoveFile to delete it on bootup, and I'm this close to installing a tiny Linux distributable just to try and delete the folder.
How do I delete this useless, space-eating folder?
I had a Windows 7 RC installation, which I sort of wrecked and I had to reinstall the OS over it. Of course, what happened was that the old Windows files were transferred to Windows.old. However, the WinSxS folder of the original installation remained, and lives on at eight gigabytes. When I tried deleting it, either from XP or from the new Win7 installation, I got "Access Denied" or "You Need Permission From TrustedInstaller" respectively.
TrustedInstaller owns the WinSxS folders, and I cannot change the ownership status. I can rename the folder, but not delete it. I have tried to use MoveFile to delete it on bootup, and I'm this close to installing a tiny Linux distributable just to try and delete the folder.
How do I delete this useless, space-eating folder?
