what is winsxs backup folder for
Windows Vista and Windows 7 make use of a c:\windows\winsxs folder to store backups of various install files and/or files replaced by updates. I'm not completely certain on everything Windows stores there.This seems to be completely separate from System Restore.he WinSxS\Backup folder: In previous versions of Windows, such as XP there was a component called 'Windows File Protection' which was used to make sure that all of the many system files were protected and backed up. These files were backed up in the %systemroot%\System32\dllcache folder.