Leftovers from install

[alocksley]

After installing XP SP2 and other patches there are lots of folders with
names beginning "$NtUninstall..." and text files beginning "KB..."
Can these be deleted???

Any other files that can go??

Thanks.

 

[Jim]

After installing XP SP2 and other patches there are lots of folders with
names beginning "$NtUninstall..." and text files beginning "KB..."
Can these be deleted???

These directories contain the uninstall codes for the designated KB items.
If you don't expect to delete these patches, you can delete them.
Jim

 

[Dave Patrick]

Don't delete the $hf_mig$ directory as this is a general distribution
release store. The others are hotfix and service pack uninstall routines. If
you're sure you'll never need to back down then you can delete them.

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| After installing XP SP2 and other patches there are lots of folders with
| names beginning "$NtUninstall..." and text files beginning "KB..."
| Can these be deleted???
|
| Any other files that can go??
|
| Thanks.
|
|

 

[Ken Blake]

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After installing XP SP2 and other patches there are lots of
folders
with names beginning "$NtUninstall..." and text files beginning
"KB..." Can these be deleted???

If you're sure you won't want to uninstall the hotfixes, yes. Go
to MVP Doug Knox's site, http://www.dougknox.com/, click on "Win
XP Utilities" on the left, then choose "Remove Hotfix Backups"