Temporary Upgrade Files and Installers

[Shawnews]

I have a LOT of folders and files that look like this....

C:\WINDOWS\$MSI31Uninstall_KB893803v2$

They are Windows update files and installers. They're hidden. And they're
taking up almost 2 GIG of Harddrive space. Can I delete them without
suffering any consequences, and if so, how should I best go about deleting
them?

 

[peter]

right click............delete.............one by one.
peter

 

[Nepatsfan]

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I have a LOT of folders and files that look like this....

C:\WINDOWS\$MSI31Uninstall_KB893803v2$

They are Windows update files and installers. They're hidden.
And
they're taking up almost 2 GIG of Harddrive space. Can I
delete them
without suffering any consequences, and if so, how should I
best go
about deleting them?

Those folders are there in case you need to uninstall a hotfix
or update. It's usually a good idea to wait a few weeks before
you delete the folders just to make sure the update is working
properly. Do not delete the folder named $hf_mig$.

Here are a couple of articles which you might want to look at.

Courtesy of Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP
What are the $NTUninstall folders? Can they be deleted?
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Hotfix_backup.htm

Courtesy of Doug Knox, MS-MVP
Removes Hotfix Backup files and the Add/Remove Programs
Registry entries.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan