Happy New Year All.
My question is when I open Windows Explorer and click on C drive then click
on Windows there is a list of blue files like ($NtUninstalKB956802$) and I
would like to know if most of them can be deleted as they take up a lot of
disk space.
Any information is appreciated.
George - NY

From: "George-NY" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| Happy New Year All.
| My question is when I open Windows Explorer and click on C drive then click
| on Windows there is a list of blue files like ($NtUninstalKB956802$) and I
| would like to know if most of them can be deleted as they take up a lot of
| disk space.
| Any information is appreciated.
| George - NY


Files and folders listed in Blue are compressd files and folders.

Folders such as; $NtUninstalKB956802$ represent installed updates/HotFixes. They are
compressed to save space.

List these folfers in full details such that you can see their respective dates. Then
sort them on the dates.

You can delete them if they are at least two weeks old. Keeping these uninstaller folders
will allow you to uninstall an update/HotFix if you find their respective installation
didn't go well and you want to bring their condition back to what they were prior to the
update they represent.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

George-NY wrote:
> Happy New Year All.
> My question is when I open Windows Explorer and click on C drive then click
> on Windows there is a list of blue files like ($NtUninstalKB956802$) and I
> would like to know if most of them can be deleted as they take up a lot of
> disk space.
> Any information is appreciated.
> George - NY

Blue files/folders are compressed. $NtUninstalKB.. files are Windows
updates. You can delete those folders, I guess, if your system is
stable. It won't affect the updates, just the ability to remove them.

--
Joe =o)

The $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders and associated files in these
folders are created during each Windows Update that is installed
on your PC and are safe to remove if you do not plan to uninstall
any security or hotfix updates.

However once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install
a patch or update that was associated with the deleted folder/files.
I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of folders
and delete the older updates.
Note: As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting them.

They are Blue in color because you have "compression" turned on and
Windows compresses files and folders (NTFS partition) that are not
accessed very often, explorer shows these files/folders in blue.

Other folders that may be on your hard drive:
$NtServicePackUninstallIDNMitigationAPIs$
$NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$
Created if and when you installed IE7.
If you delete them you will no longer be able to uninstall IE7

$NtServicePackUninstall$
Created when you install a service pack.
If you are currently using XP with SP2
then if you remove the folder you can no longer
uninstall SP2. When and if you install SP3 this folder will be
deleted and replaced by a new SP3 $NtServicePackUninstall$
folder to be used if you uninstall SP3.
If you have already installed SP3 then I would leave
this folder as is until you are certain that no bugs have
cropped up after installing SP3.
Note: Once you delete this folder you are stuck with SP3

Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$
(and any folders that are part of/contained in $hf_mig$)
It is a necessary folder for future updates

Also See Doug Knox's page on this issue:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

And:
Is it safe to delete the $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders:
http://www.pagestart.com/ntuninstall.html

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com


"George-NY" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Happy New Year All.
> My question is when I open Windows Explorer and click on C drive then
> click on Windows there is a list of blue files like ($NtUninstalKB956802$)
> and I would like to know if most of them can be deleted as they take up a
> lot of disk space.
> Any information is appreciated.
> George - NY
>

WinXP SP2 or SP3?

George-NY wrote:
> Happy New Year All.
> My question is when I open Windows Explorer and click on C drive then
> click
> on Windows there is a list of blue files like ($NtUninstalKB956802$) and I
> would like to know if most of them can be deleted as they take up a lot of
> disk space.
> Any information is appreciated.
> George - NY

George

Others have provided good answers to your direct question. What follows
may help with the underlying reason for your question.

You can create more free space in C by
carrying any of the measures suggested below.

The default allocation to System Restore is 12% on your C partition
which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right click your My
Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore. Place the cursor
on your C drive select Settings but this time find the slider and drag
it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get to the
Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.

A default setting which could be wasteful is that for temporary internet
files, especially if you do not store offline copies on disk. The
default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to offline
copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer select
Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings to
make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history is
held.

The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. Change to
5%, which should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor
on your Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and
move the slider from 10% to 5%. However, try to avoid letting it get
too full as if it is full and you delete a file by mistake it will
bypass the Recycle Bin and be gone for ever.

If your drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of
your C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows
folder typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$
etc. These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed
the text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not
compressed you can compress them. Right click on each folder and
select Properties, General, Advanced and check the box before Compress
contents to save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount
gained by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder
compression is only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System
Information, Tools, Dr Watson and verify that the box before "Append to
existing log" is NOT checked. This means the next time the log is
written it will overwrite rather than add to the existing file.

The default maximum size setting for Event Viewer logs is too large.
Reset the maximum for each log from 512 kb to 128 kb and set it to
overwrite.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us


Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also
select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,
More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System
Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter.


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

George-NY wrote:
> Happy New Year All.
> My question is when I open Windows Explorer and click on C drive then
> click on Windows there is a list of blue files like
> ($NtUninstalKB956802$) and I would like to know if most of them can
> be deleted as they take up a lot of disk space.
> Any information is appreciated.
> George - NY

JS

Not very often? Rarely to never?


--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

JS wrote:
> The $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders and associated files in these
> folders are created during each Windows Update that is installed
> on your PC and are safe to remove if you do not plan to uninstall
> any security or hotfix updates.
>
> However once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install
> a patch or update that was associated with the deleted folder/files.
> I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of
> folders and delete the older updates.
> Note: As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting
> them.
> They are Blue in color because you have "compression" turned on and
> Windows compresses files and folders (NTFS partition) that are not
> accessed very often, explorer shows these files/folders in blue.
>
> Other folders that may be on your hard drive:
> $NtServicePackUninstallIDNMitigationAPIs$
> $NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$
> Created if and when you installed IE7.
> If you delete them you will no longer be able to uninstall IE7
>
> $NtServicePackUninstall$
> Created when you install a service pack.
> If you are currently using XP with SP2
> then if you remove the folder you can no longer
> uninstall SP2. When and if you install SP3 this folder will be
> deleted and replaced by a new SP3 $NtServicePackUninstall$
> folder to be used if you uninstall SP3.
> If you have already installed SP3 then I would leave
> this folder as is until you are certain that no bugs have
> cropped up after installing SP3.
> Note: Once you delete this folder you are stuck with SP3
>
> Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$
> (and any folders that are part of/contained in $hf_mig$)
> It is a necessary folder for future updates
>
> Also See Doug Knox's page on this issue:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm
>
> And:
> Is it safe to delete the $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders:
> http://www.pagestart.com/ntuninstall.html
>
>
> "George-NY" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Happy New Year All.
>> My question is when I open Windows Explorer and click on C drive then
>> click on Windows there is a list of blue files like
>> ($NtUninstalKB956802$) and I would like to know if most of them can
>> be deleted as they take up a lot of disk space.
>> Any information is appreciated.
>> George - NY

Gerry:

What do mean by "Not very often"?
Care to explain.

--
JS
http://www.pagestart.com


"Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23u$(E-Mail Removed)...
> JS
>
> Not very often? Rarely to never?
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> JS wrote:
>> The $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders and associated files in these
>> folders are created during each Windows Update that is installed
>> on your PC and are safe to remove if you do not plan to uninstall
>> any security or hotfix updates.
>>
>> However once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install
>> a patch or update that was associated with the deleted folder/files.
>> I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of
>> folders and delete the older updates.
>> Note: As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting
>> them.
>> They are Blue in color because you have "compression" turned on and
>> Windows compresses files and folders (NTFS partition) that are not
>> accessed very often, explorer shows these files/folders in blue.
>>
>> Other folders that may be on your hard drive:
>> $NtServicePackUninstallIDNMitigationAPIs$
>> $NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$
>> Created if and when you installed IE7.
>> If you delete them you will no longer be able to uninstall IE7
>>
>> $NtServicePackUninstall$
>> Created when you install a service pack.
>> If you are currently using XP with SP2
>> then if you remove the folder you can no longer
>> uninstall SP2. When and if you install SP3 this folder will be
>> deleted and replaced by a new SP3 $NtServicePackUninstall$
>> folder to be used if you uninstall SP3.
>> If you have already installed SP3 then I would leave
>> this folder as is until you are certain that no bugs have
>> cropped up after installing SP3.
>> Note: Once you delete this folder you are stuck with SP3
>>
>> Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$
>> (and any folders that are part of/contained in $hf_mig$)
>> It is a necessary folder for future updates
>>
>> Also See Doug Knox's page on this issue:
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm
>>
>> And:
>> Is it safe to delete the $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders:
>> http://www.pagestart.com/ntuninstall.html
>>
>>
>> "George-NY" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Happy New Year All.
>>> My question is when I open Windows Explorer and click on C drive then
>>> click on Windows there is a list of blue files like
>>> ($NtUninstalKB956802$) and I would like to know if most of them can
>>> be deleted as they take up a lot of disk space.
>>> Any information is appreciated.
>>> George - NY
>
>

Thank You all for the great suggestions. This was my first post here and
you guys are great.

Thanks Again.

George - NY

JS

That is what you said. The reality is you would only access the file
once to uninstall and more likely never.

--



Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


JS wrote:
> Gerry:
>
> What do mean by "Not very often"?
> Care to explain.
>
>
> "Gerry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23u$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> JS
>>
>> Not very often? Rarely to never?
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~
>> FCA
>> Stourport, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> JS wrote:
>>> The $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders and associated files in these
>>> folders are created during each Windows Update that is installed
>>> on your PC and are safe to remove if you do not plan to uninstall
>>> any security or hotfix updates.
>>>
>>> However once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install
>>> a patch or update that was associated with the deleted folder/files.
>>> I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of
>>> folders and delete the older updates.
>>> Note: As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting
>>> them.
>>> They are Blue in color because you have "compression" turned on and
>>> Windows compresses files and folders (NTFS partition) that are not
>>> accessed very often, explorer shows these files/folders in blue.
>>>
>>> Other folders that may be on your hard drive:
>>> $NtServicePackUninstallIDNMitigationAPIs$
>>> $NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$
>>> Created if and when you installed IE7.
>>> If you delete them you will no longer be able to uninstall IE7
>>>
>>> $NtServicePackUninstall$
>>> Created when you install a service pack.
>>> If you are currently using XP with SP2
>>> then if you remove the folder you can no longer
>>> uninstall SP2. When and if you install SP3 this folder will be
>>> deleted and replaced by a new SP3 $NtServicePackUninstall$
>>> folder to be used if you uninstall SP3.
>>> If you have already installed SP3 then I would leave
>>> this folder as is until you are certain that no bugs have
>>> cropped up after installing SP3.
>>> Note: Once you delete this folder you are stuck with SP3
>>>
>>> Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$
>>> (and any folders that are part of/contained in $hf_mig$)
>>> It is a necessary folder for future updates
>>>
>>> Also See Doug Knox's page on this issue:
>>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm
>>>
>>> And:
>>> Is it safe to delete the $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders:
>>> http://www.pagestart.com/ntuninstall.html
>>>
>>>
>>> "George-NY" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Happy New Year All.
>>>> My question is when I open Windows Explorer and click on C drive
>>>> then click on Windows there is a list of blue files like
>>>> ($NtUninstalKB956802$) and I would like to know if most of them can
>>>> be deleted as they take up a lot of disk space.
>>>> Any information is appreciated.
>>>> George - NY