Update Files

[Guest]

I would like to know if you have to keep the KBxxxxx files created in Windows
directory when you do a Windows Update? My hard drive is getting full of
these files and I do not know what adverse effect it would have on my
computer, if I delete them. Thanks in advance.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

If you remove them you cannot uninstall an update if you subsequently
need to resolve a problem.

If your drive is formatted as NTFS you can compress these files. If
compressed the text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If
not compressed you can compress them. Right click on each folder and
select Properties, General, Advanced and check the box before Compress
contents to save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount
gained by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression
is only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.

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Hope this helps.

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[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example $NtUninstallKB282010$ which
reside in C:\windows (hidden folders) are Window Hot Fix Update folders/files) can be
safely deleted (providing you never wish to uninstall the updates). I would recommend
leaving these folders for a period of at least a month to make sure the update is working
correctly.

These updates can be deleted individually or in multiples. To find out more about the
update/s go to:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=XXXXXX
NB: XXXXXX = the actual number not including the "Q" or "KB"

Once you have deleted the uninstall folders/files, then go to Control Panel, Add/Remove
Programs. Select the matching Windows Hotfix Title relating the update folder/file you
have just deleted and select remove. You will get a Windows error. This is because you
have deleted the uninstall folder/files. Just choose OK and the entry will be deleted from
the Add/Remove Programs Listing.

Tidying up after installing SP2
http://aumha.org/win5/a/sp2faq.php#after

and/or
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSP2.htm#Removing_the_uninstall_information
Removing the uninstall information

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
Save Space After Installing Updates


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|I would like to know if you have to keep the KBxxxxx files created in Windows
| directory when you do a Windows Update? My hard drive is getting full of
| these files and I do not know what adverse effect it would have on my
| computer, if I delete them. Thanks in advance.
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| Good Luck,
| Sidekick