$NtUninstallKB893066$

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I have a bunch (63) of folders that look like: $MSI31Uninstall_KB893803v2$,
$NtUninstallKB893066$, etc.

What are these and can I delete all of them?
 
These folders are the uninstall info for the patches and hot fixes install
on your system. If you delete them you will be unable to uninstall any of
the patches/hot fixes if they give you trouble in the future.
 
Do you mean that I have to keep these forever????

Can those files be moved into a folder somewhere and still be found by the
OS?

Thanks for the clarification as to function.
 
Those are the uninstall files for the various updates and can be safely
deleted.
Typically I go through and delete them all every few months.
If an update has not caused a problem in a few weeks to a month, it probably
never will.
You can save them to CD, another hard drive etc if you really want to, but I
see no need.
The longer an update is installed, the more likely there will be problems
related to its uninstall.

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anon said:
Do you mean that I have to keep these forever????
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No, it's your choice. As Bob said, if you delete them you won't be able to
remove the associated hotfix. If you are confident that you'll never need to
remove it, then feel free to delete the uninstall file.
 
No, You can delete then if you like, but if you do you will not be able to
uninstall the related hotfixes.
 
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No my question was can I move those to another folder - if so can the OS
find them to uninstall the hotfixes?
 
If you really want to keep them, copy them to CD, another hard drive etc.
Then if you want to uninstall, copy them back to the original location.
See my other post.
 
anon said:
No my question was can I move those to another folder - if so can the OS
find them to uninstall the hotfixes?
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Sure. Just copy to CD. If you need to remove an update, copy that
uninstall folder from the CD to C:\Windows.
 
Because I have 60+ of these, I wanted to put them in a C:windows\tempstore
folder so they did not take several screens just to get to the 'real'
windows folders.

I see, when I need to use the uninstall folder, I should put that folder
back in the C:widows folder so the OS can find it.

I understand that the OS cannot find the necessary uninstall folder if it is
not in the C:windows folder - correct?
 
Because I have 60+ of these, I wanted to put them in a C:windows\tempstore
folder so they did not take several screens just to get to the 'real'
windows folders.

I see, when I need to use the uninstall folder, I should put that folder
back in the C:widows folder so the OS can find it.

I understand that the OS cannot find the necessary uninstall folder if it
is not in the C:windows folder - correct?

"Rock" wrote
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Yes, move it wherever you want, just move it back if you need to uninstall
that update.
 
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