Software distribution download folder?

[ManyBeers]

Vista Home premium SP1. Can I delete the files in the Software distribution
download folder without negative consequences? Mine currently has 2.2 gigs.
I know this is an XP group but for some reason i can't ask a question in the
Vista group.

 

[R. McCarty]

Deleting them shouldn't have any consequences. If you have a DVD
burner you might burn a copy ( just in case ). Vista and XP have a
different initial setup structure ( i386 vs. .wim ). But I'm reasonably
sure that installer components get copied to a different disk location
for future reference.

 

[JS]

In Windows XP you can.
For Vista it looks to be safe:
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-file-management/914170.htm

JS
http://www.pagestart.cpm

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, December 16, 2008 11:42:06 AM, and on a
whim, ManyBeers pounded out on the keyboard:

Vista Home premium SP1. Can I delete the files in the Software distribution
download folder without negative consequences? Mine currently has 2.2 gigs.
I know this is an XP group but for some reason i can't ask a question in the
Vista group.

If you have the Installer folder (XP does), you'll find possibly even
more gigs to free up. Stupid thing is though that some programs
reference their icons from there. Go figure since almost all the EXE
files contain them.

I moved all of the folders and files from Installer to a DVD, then added
back in the ones that wound up showing generic icons after a reboot.
Didn't take too long to figure out.

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[R. McCarty]

Might want to re-think modifying the \Installers content. Removing
items from there can cause issues when you go to update or change
an existing application. Changing content in that folder can definitely
interfere with future Microsoft Office updates.
Currently my XP \Installers has just under 2.0 Gigabytes of data.
Unfortunately there is no way to "Redirect" that content to another
volume or partition - even using Junction Points.
You may not have any immediate effects, but I wouldn't suggest to
someone that \Installers is a Cleanup location - Best to leave it alone.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, December 16, 2008 12:44:55 PM, and on a
whim, R. McCarty pounded out on the keyboard:

Might want to re-think modifying the \Installers content. Removing
items from there can cause issues when you go to update or change
an existing application. Changing content in that folder can definitely
interfere with future Microsoft Office updates.
Currently my XP \Installers has just under 2.0 Gigabytes of data.
Unfortunately there is no way to "Redirect" that content to another
volume or partition - even using Junction Points.
You may not have any immediate effects, but I wouldn't suggest to
someone that \Installers is a Cleanup location - Best to leave it alone.

I did that over 6 months ago with no ill effects so far. There has been
MSO updates every month and each one completed successfully. It seems
crazy to have programs throw installer files everywhere. I've found
them in the %APPDATA% folders, and in subfolders of Windows.

With broadband, it shouldn't be necessary to store this stuff any longer
when a program can be downloaded in a minute or less.

But in case a program does choke, I have it backed up.

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[ManyBeers]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I will probably wait until the contents will
fill a dvd
and then burn them.