Re: $NTUninstall$ Folders

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From: Helge Haensel (dj1wm.h22_at_nurfuerspam.de)
Date: 09/07/04


Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:29:56 +0200


"Rock" <rock@comcast.nospam.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:%23NvY%23NIlEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Boo wrote:
>
> > What are these folders?
>
> Backup up folders to allow you to uninstall Microsoft patches that
were
> installed through windows update. There will be a corresponding entry
> for each one in add remove programs. If the system is running fine
> after the patch is installed so you don't need to remove it, then you
> can delete these folders. Give it a few weeks after each patch before
> making that decision because once they are gone you can't remove the
> patch short of doing a repair intall or clean install. If you delete
> the uninstall directory then you can go to Add/Remove programs for
that
> patch (the numbers will match) and click remove. It will give a
message
> that it can't uninstall it (because the folder is gone) and ask if you
> want to remove the entry in add/remove programs. Click yes to remove
it.
>

Thanks for this advice. But in case of trouble with last patches, who do
decide from which patch it is coming from? There is some info in
spuninst/spuninst.inf.
Helge



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