WinSxS folder compression script

winsxs_ntfs_compress.bat

@ECHO off

net session >nul 2>&1
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ELEVATE
@GOTO ADMINTASKS

:ELEVATE
ECHO Elevated privileges are temporarily required to run script
cd /d %~dp0
mshta "javascript: var shell = new ActiveXObject('Shell.Application'); shell.ShellExecute('%~nx0', '', '', 'runas', 1); close();"
EXIT /B

:ADMINTASKS

REM Script to compress WINSXS folder
REM thanks to http://woshub.com

sc stop msiserver
sc stop TrustedInstaller
sc config msiserver start= disabled
sc config TrustedInstaller start= disabled
icacls "%WINDIR%\WinSxS" /save "%WINDIR%\WinSxS_NTFS.acl" /t
takeown /f "%WINDIR%\WinSxS" /r
icacls "%WINDIR%\WinSxS" /grant "%USERDOMAIN%\%USERNAME%":(F) /t
compact /s:"%WINDIR%\WinSxS" /c /a /i *
icacls "%WINDIR%\WinSxS" /setowner "NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller" /t
icacls "%WINDIR%" /restore "%WINDIR%\WinSxS_NTFS.acl"
sc config msiserver start= demand
sc config TrustedInstaller start= demand

PAUSE
@ECHO on