Unknown Folders

[John]

Hi: Hadn't looked in my "Windows" folder for some time.

Today I did, and there are 17 folders called $NTUninstallKB......$$, and two
folders called $MSI31Uninstall_KB........$ , and one called $HF-MIG$

What are they, do they serve any purpose, and can I safely remive them?
If I did not trust my firewall and AVG system, I'd suspect they would be some
sort of virus or malware.

Thanks for any suggestions!

John <><

A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
with an other monkey's monkey.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

These are normal. They are backups of the files that were replaced by various hotfixes and/or updates.

They can be safely removed, IF you don't need to uninstall the Hotfix/update.

To automatically remove them, and their associated Add/Remove Programs entries, see www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Remove Hotfix Backup Files.

 

[John]

These are normal. They are backups of the files that were replaced by various hotfixes and/or updates.

They can be safely removed, IF you don't need to uninstall the Hotfix/update.

To automatically remove them, and their associated Add/Remove Programs entries, see www.dougknox.com, Win XP Utilities, Remove Hotfix Backup Files.

Thanks, Doug!

John <><

A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
with an other monkey's monkey.