old hot fix uninstall files

[Jim]

Now that I've successfully installed XP SP2, what can I do with all the
uninstall files for the old hot fixes?

There are no longer any uninstall entries in the Add/Remove programs
(except for SP2).

Can I just delete them from Windows Explorer if the updates haven't
caused any problems?

 

[Guest]

Id say keep them. If you do keep them, and something goes wrong in the
future, you will have something to fall back on. Don't burn your bridges just
yet. ;-)

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Now that I've successfully installed XP SP2, what can I do with all the
uninstall files for the old hot fixes?

There are no longer any uninstall entries in the Add/Remove programs
(except for SP2).

Can I just delete them from Windows Explorer if the updates haven't
caused any problems?

Hi

If you see %windir%\$NTUninstall* folders which dates back to your
SP1 installation, you can delete those. They are not removed by the
SP2 installation in case you want/need to go back to SP1 (and then
be able to uninstall the hotfixes in case you need to).

The following folders should be safe to delete:

%windir%\$xpsp1hfm$\
%windir%\$NtUninstallQ<some#>$\
%windir%\$NtUninstallKB<some#>$\


Also, you should clean out this folder now and then (WU5's temporary
download folder) if you use Windows Update/Automatic Update:

%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\


If you are sure you don't need to uninstall SP2, you can delete
the %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\ folder as well

Alternatively (for the $NtServicePackUninstall$ folder):

If you make a backup of the folder to e.g. a CD, you can put it
back if you need to uninstall SP2. After restoring the backup,
run %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\spuninst.exe
to start the process.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Won't do any good to keep them, as only uninstalling SP2 first would allow
the use of the individual spuninst.exe files. If the poster is satisfied
with the updates, there is no point to keeping the uninstall folders.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Jim]

Won't do any good to keep them, as only uninstalling SP2 first would allow
the use of the individual spuninst.exe files. If the poster is satisfied
with the updates, there is no point to keeping the uninstall folders.

Thanks to all. They'll soon be gone.