Reducing size of Ektron Windows Service folder

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In some cases, the Ektron Windows Service 40 folder can grow quite large. Below are the folders you can remove files from. Removing these files has the added benefit of reducing upgrade time, since an upgrade backs up the EWS folder.

The following folders can have their content removed. To be safe, back up the folders to another location. Stop the Ektron Windows Service before doing this, then start it again once complete. 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\EktronWindowsService40\AppliedChanges
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\EktronWindowsService40\ApplyingChanges
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\EktronWindowsService40\DetectingChanges
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\EktronWindowsService40\backup
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\EktronWindowsService40\log
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\EktronWindowsService40\SkippedChanges

If you delete the content of the below folder, be sure to do the same on any other servers that are linked by sync relationships.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\EktronWindowsService40\Database
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ektron\EktronWindowsService40\cache