$SPUninstall$ folders

[Guest]

In my Windows directory, after the first folder ($hf_mig$), there are 28
blue folder entries with the date my new computer was set up (7/7/05), which
I don't think were there in the beginning.

They are all named $NTUninstallKB8xxxxx$ (where x varies). Each has a
subdirectory called $spuninstall$. I thought they resulted from my having
started to Copy documents from my new desktop onto my laptop and changing my
mind and removing them. But Copying is not Installing. All of the
spuninstall subdirectories contain a variously dated .exe file plus others
(many drivers). Are these XP staples, or did they result from all the
upgrading of applications and drivers that I did when setting the new
computer up with its XP (old computer had 98SE).

Question: Should I leave them alone, or can they be deleted?

Jean

 

[Ken Blake]

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In my Windows directory, after the first folder ($hf_mig$),
there
are 28 blue folder entries with the date my new computer was
set up
(7/7/05), which I don't think were there in the beginning.

They are all named $NTUninstallKB8xxxxx$ (where x varies).
Each has a
subdirectory called $spuninstall$. I thought they resulted
from my
having started to Copy documents from my new desktop onto my
laptop
and changing my mind and removing them. But Copying is not
Installing. All of the spuninstall subdirectories contain a
variously dated .exe file plus others (many drivers). Are
these XP
staples, or did they result from all the upgrading of
applications
and drivers that I did when setting the new computer up with
its XP
(old computer had 98SE).

Question: Should I leave them alone, or can they be deleted?

These are uninstallation files for the various Windows hotfixes
(updates) you've installed. If you're sure you'll never want to
uninstall them, you can delete the files.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Jean;
Those are the uninstall files for the Windows Updates and they can be safely
deleted:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm