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Can I delete all of the hideen uninstall folders in my Windows directory?
Most appear to be updates and fixes.
 
How can I save space after installing a Service Pack or other updates?
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

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| Can I delete all of the hideen uninstall folders in my Windows directory?
| Most appear to be updates and fixes.
 
Safe to delete.

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

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| What about this folder $hf_mig$ and this one
| $MSI31Uninstall_KB893803v2$ ?
 
The said:
How can I save space after installing a Service Pack or
other updates? http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Jupiter Jones]

4 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer's Performance
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getstarted/speed.mspx
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What about this folder $hf_mig$ and this one
$MSI31Uninstall_KB893803v2$ ?
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There are a lot of newsgroup posts that recommend against
deleting the $hf_mig$ folder based upon the 4th item in the
Notes section of this MS article:

Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and
Windows Server 2003 software update packages
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824994

Here are just a few of the posts that Google returns when
searching for "delete $hf_mig$".

http://www.adras.com/disk-space.t1359-3.html

http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/post-545257.html&sid=2e109451fb597de9cdc1e56ed2ba2c25

http://forums.wugnet.com/deleting-Windows-update-unistall-files-ftopict432665.html

You might want to look here for a greater sampling of opinion:

http://tinyurl.com/bumdp

The second folder you asked about pertains to Windows Installer
3.1 Redistributable (v2). I would think that one is safe to
delete.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Here are just a few of the posts that Google returns when
searching for "delete $hf_mig$".
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OK, I'll leave that one be.
The second folder you asked about pertains to Windows Installer
3.1 Redistributable (v2). I would think that one is safe to
delete.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
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Great, thx.
 
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