After installing XP SP2 and other patches there are lots of folders with
names beginning "$NtUninstall..." and text files beginning "KB..."
Can these be deleted???

Any other files that can go??

Thanks.

"alocksley" <a@b.org> wrote in message news:E4_Ze.76$Ge5.73@fe10.lga...
> After installing XP SP2 and other patches there are lots of folders with
> names beginning "$NtUninstall..." and text files beginning "KB..."
> Can these be deleted???
These directories contain the uninstall codes for the designated KB items.
If you don't expect to delete these patches, you can delete them.
Jim
>
> Any other files that can go??
>
> Thanks.
>

Don't delete the $hf_mig$ directory as this is a general distribution
release store. The others are hotfix and service pack uninstall routines. If
you're sure you'll never need to back down then you can delete them.

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"alocksley" wrote:
| After installing XP SP2 and other patches there are lots of folders with
| names beginning "$NtUninstall..." and text files beginning "KB..."
| Can these be deleted???
|
| Any other files that can go??
|
| Thanks.
|
|

In news:E4_Ze.76$Ge5.73@fe10.lga,
alocksley <a@b.org> typed:

> After installing XP SP2 and other patches there are lots of
> folders
> with names beginning "$NtUninstall..." and text files beginning
> "KB..." Can these be deleted???


If you're sure you won't want to uninstall the hotfixes, yes. Go
to MVP Doug Knox's site, http://www.dougknox.com/, click on "Win
XP Utilities" on the left, then choose "Remove Hotfix Backups"

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