What to do with $NtUninstallKBnnnnnn$ files in C:/.../Windows fold

[Guest]

There are 42 folders in my c:/.../WINDOWS folder titled
"$NtUninstallKBnnnnnn$" where the n's are a sequence of numbers. Each of
these folders have one subfolder titled "spuninst". Are these redundant and
can I remove them from my c-drive?

 

[Nepatsfan]

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There are 42 folders in my c:/.../WINDOWS folder titled
"$NtUninstallKBnnnnnn$" where the n's are a sequence of
numbers. Each of these folders have one subfolder titled
"spuninst". Are these redundant and can I remove them from
my c-drive?

Those folders were created when an update to Windows was
installed. If you delete the folder you will not be able to
uninstall the update. A good rule of thumb is to wait a couple
of weeks, see how your system reacts to the update and then
delete the folder if everything's running OK.

Do not delete the folder named $hf_mig$.

Nepatsfan

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Those are the uninstall files for the installed updates and they can be
safely deleted:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

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[GTS]

Exactly right. Note that a good way to delete them when ready is to use the
utility from http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm
It will also automatically remove them from the Control Panel Add/Remove
listing (otherwise you have to select to uninstall each and answer a prompt
to remove from the list.).
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[Guest]

In order to remove them from the "Add/Remove Program" list, you also can go
to the registry entries in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

and delete the KBnnnnnn entries there also.