C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$ : usefull ?

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Hi,

is C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$ usefull ? What for ?
Can it be safely deleted ? ( I have an image of system partition)

TIA
 
Hi there,

There are update files (security updates, critical updates, update rollups,
drivers etc )... You should not delete the content!

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the files in this folder are required for future hotfix installations. It's
not an uninstaller folder, it's a cache folder for the newest versions of
windows files. Some MS hotfixes contain older versions of certain files, in
such a case files from $hf_mig$ will be used to update the system.

You can however safely delete the $NtUninstall folders. Just wait for a
couple of days to make sure that the updates don't give you any trouble and
then you can delete them safely
 
Semjon Katatschkow rambled on in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
the files in this folder are required for future hotfix installations.
It's not an uninstaller folder, it's a cache folder for the newest
versions of windows files. Some MS hotfixes contain older versions of
certain files, in such a case files from $hf_mig$ will be used to update
the system.

You can however safely delete the $NtUninstall folders. Just wait for a
couple of days to make sure that the updates don't give you any trouble
and then you can delete them safely
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$hf_mig$ can be deleted with no ill effects I do it all the time
and it gets recreated when a new hotfix is installed.
 
Black Baptist said:
$hf_mig$ can be deleted with no ill effects I do it all the time
and it gets recreated when a new hotfix is installed.
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Yes, but as the previous posters have stated, you SHOULD NOT delete it!
MS says it _IS_ needed, as future hotfixes _MAY_ require it. Without it a
future hotfix may UNDO portions of a previous hotfix, with no warning or
note at all. So you're taking chances by deleting it...
 
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