$NtUninstallKB823559$ ?

[Peter Skinner]

Hi

I have discoved these folders " $NtUninstallKB823559$ " in C:\WINDOWS

What are they and can I safly delete them?


Cheers

Peter


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[Kelly]

Hi Peter,

These are the uninstallers for the hotfixes that you have installed. To
remove them and more info:

Some of the Hotfixes (Mostly security updates) do not have an uninstall
feature, these will not appear in the Add and Remove list. If a Hotfix does
appear in the Add and Remove list then it can be uninstalled just like any
other program.

If you uninstall the Hotfix, you will lose the benefits of that patch. This
should only be done if you can determine that you are experiencing negative
effects from the particular Hotfix.

If you simply do not want them to appear in the Add and Remove list and you
are sure that you will not need the uninstall option, you can remove items
from that list by using a registry tweak.

Automated Edit:

Remove Hotfixes from Add or Remove (Line 193)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Manual Edit: Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Uninstall

Expand this branch and look at the list. The Hotfixes are all listed by a
"Q" number that corresponds to the entry in the Add and Remove list. Make
sure that you back up each Key before deleting it.

Select the key and then select File/Export and include the Q number in the
name of the file. Right click the entries you want to remove and select
Delete.

 

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Hi

I have discoved these folders " $NtUninstallKB823559$ " in C:\WINDOWS

What are they and can I safly delete them?


Cheers

Peter


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[Alex Nichol]

I have discoved these folders " $NtUninstallKB823559$ " in C:\WINDOWS

What are they and can I safly delete them?

Those are there so you could *uninstall* the patches from Windows Update
.. Each Hotfix KBnnnnnn or Qnnnnnn in Add/Remove Programs corresponds to
a folder of files needed for the purpose - Windows\$NTUninstallQnnnnnn$
for the fix described at
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;nnnnnn

If you decide you will not want to uninstall a fix (and if all is
running smoothly you probably won't) then delete the folder. If you
then try in Add/remove, to Remove that one, it will fail, and you will
be offered the option of removing the entry there