windows - Can winsxs be moved and if so how?

I know it can't be deleted and while there are some posts that talk about making it smaller, they have not worked for me.

At this point my 18 GB winsxs folder is taking up almost half of the drive that I have the OS on. I have tons of space on other drives though - can I move it?

Answer

Yes, you can. Read this.

Be warned: If you move it, Windows can get unstable, and BTW they'll be regenerated at some point.

That 18 GB isn't real since a lot of those files are hardlinks to files elsewhere and are counted twice.

I've been obsessed with winsxs starting with Windows Vista and after with Windows 7 until I gave it up.

If you want to do it, I recommend to read blog post Disk Space before.

Don't delete it!