Re: windows\SoftwareDistribution\download

From: frogboss (frogboss_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:43:04 -0800

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> kh wrote:
>
> > ... what should the size of this file be ?
> Hi
>
> Not as large as 399 MB, but I guess that Automatic Updates have
> downloaded other updates as well. As far as I know, files in the
> Download folder older than 10 days should automatically be deleted.
> Also, if all updates are installed, there is no harm in cleaning out
> the Download folder yourself.
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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>
Came across this post while looking for an answer to another problem. Just
out of curiousity, I checked my "Windows/SoftwareDistribution" file, and it
is 565 MB, with 148 files and 2812 files!!! Any idea why? Some of the files
(by random check) date back more than 6 months. How do I decide what to dump
to regain this disk space?

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