Cleaning Up/Removing old $UnInstall Sub-Directories

[John B]

I have many $NtUninstallxxxxx sub-directories in my
Windows directory. Is there a safe way to remove these?
For example, I would like to know if I can remove old OS
Unistall sub-directories if I have not had any problems
with updates done over 12 months ago or if a Service Pack
update replaced subsequent patches/updates).

Thank you,

John B.

 

[Gary Smith]

I have many $NtUninstallxxxxx sub-directories in my
Windows directory. Is there a safe way to remove these?
For example, I would like to know if I can remove old OS
Unistall sub-directories if I have not had any problems
with updates done over 12 months ago or if a Service Pack
update replaced subsequent patches/updates).

You can remove those folders so long as you're sure you won't want to
uninstall the related updates. I always copy them to a CD first, just in
case I might want one of the files later.