If you do that you'll remove the HotFix too.
Go here and download the shareware that removes the listing but not the fix.
www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm version 2.1
"J D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My clients and I are losing large blocks of Hard Drive
> storage area to the Windows XP hotfixes, after these have
> been installed.
>
> Question: Is it necessary to keep the downloaded hotfix
> files on the hard drive after they have been installed?
> Will it affect their function if the downloaded files are
> deleted, say, thru control panel/add and remove files?
>
> Thank you for your assistance.
>
> J D