Safe to delete ??

[Evan]

Is it safe to delete old hotfixes and service pack backups from the winnt
directory to free up space
once they are deemed not necessary ?
Will deleting them manually remove their reference from add/remove programs.
What is the proper cleanup procedure?

Thanks in advance
- Evan

$NtUninstallQyadayada$
$NtUninstallQyadayada$
$NtUninstallQyadayada$
$NtUninstallQyadayada$

 

[BT]

Safe to delete, not sure if they will be purged from the Add/Remove. But if you click on them and the uninstall information is not
there Add/Remove will propmt to ask if you'd like it removed.

 

[Dave Patrick]

You can delete the directories
%windir%\$KBxxxxxx$

If you attempt Add/Remove on a program that can't be found, you should be
prompted that the entry can be removed. Else navigate to
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
and delete the subkey for the program to remove it from Control
Panel|Add/Remove Programs

 

[Mark V]

Evan wrote in

Thanks

I deleted all of the Pre-SP4 ones
and they were no longer referenced by Add/Remove Programs

If you want really clean, look for Qyadayada.LOG files in %
systemroot% too.

- Evan