Removing Backup Files Created during Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Installation

Posted by Alex Verboon on Saturday, February 19, 2011

For the Windows Vista Service Packs there was vsp1cln.exe (SP1) and compcln.exe (SP2) to cleanup the backup files created during the Service Pack installation. For Windows 7 Microsoft did not provide a separate cleanup tool, but instead leverages the windows-build-in DISM tool.

To remove the backup files created during the Windows 7 Service Pack 1 installation run the following command from an elevated command prompt.

dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /spsuperseded

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After successful completion you should get some disk space back.