What is winsxs folder?



What is winsxs folder?..

Answer / Himanshu Singh

The WINSXS (Windows Side-by-Side) folder is a special system folder in Windows that contains multiple versions of the same DLL files, so that different applications with conflicting dependencies can coexist without causing issues. The files inside this folder help to manage software installation and updating.

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