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| Thread ID: 29314 | 2003-01-16 13:26:00 | In XP Pro, can I delete $NtUninstalQ......? | *Sparky* (311) | Press F1 |
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| 114440 | 2003-01-16 13:26:00 | Howdy folks, I was reading the latest from Langalist tonight, and the following article got me exploring and thinking: 7) Cleaning Out Old "Service Pack" Folders Reader Leonard Hicks wrote with a question that many XP and Win2K users have--- but then swiftly found his own answer, which he shared with us: His initial question: Fred: I updated my new WinXP Home and all the service packs and updates work just fine. Can I delete folders such as "$NtServicePackUninstall$" and the other backup, like "$NtUninstallQ329048$" in explorer, or is there another procedure to follow? Thanks, Leonard Hicks His answer, in a following email: Sorry I troubled you, Fred. I found the answer. Love your newsletter ! Consistently just about the best read of the week! support.microsoft.com Thanks, Leonard. Some people report recovering "huge" amounts of disk space through this technique, though they rarely quantify the amount. In the systems I've looked at, the uninstall folders add up to a few tens of megabytes, which--- while not trivial--- isn't really "huge." Depending on how much disk space you have, you may or may not find it worth doing. In any case, it's good to know how! It appears that when you instal a microsoft hotfix, it creates a new folder and makes a backup of the hotfix into it for the purposes of uninstalling it later on if you want to. My question: If it all works ok, and you dont want to uninstal later on, is it alright to delete that uninstal folder, thereby saving lots of disk space? The microsoft site linked to the article only talks about Win 2000. I presume the same would be true for XP too. Your thoughts and experiences, if any on this subject, kindly appreciated. |
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