C:\windows\installer folder?

[RJ]

XP Pro SP2

What is the purpose of this folder?
c:\windows\installer

It is using up over 300MB of hard drive space.
Most of the files are more than a year old.
Some over 2 years old.

It looks like all the files are .ico files, .msp files
and .msi files. Can I delete this folder?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No, it's NOT safe to delete. Those files are needed to support your
Add/Remove Program entries as well as the on-the-fly repair
process.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
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news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| XP Pro SP2
|
| What is the purpose of this folder?
| c:\windows\installer
|
| It is using up over 300MB of hard drive space.
| Most of the files are more than a year old.
| Some over 2 years old.
|
| It looks like all the files are .ico files, .msp files
| and .msi files. Can I delete this folder?

 

[Plato]

XP Pro SP2

What is the purpose of this folder?
c:\windows\installer

It is using up over 300MB of hard drive space.

300 megs is not a lot in these times.

 

[RJ]

Thanks !