Re: "Uninstall"-files

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From: "Rock" <Rock@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 15:55:01 -0700

"henrik" <henrik@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

On my regular XP installation I have a windows-folder on 17 GB containing 30-40 folders called something like "$Uninstall" cosnuming a LOT of space.

I am now running out of diskspace, and want to delete some of these folders, will that make any problems for me?

To add to the other posts, Doug Knox has a utility on his site to automate the removal of those uninstall files and their respective entries in add/remove programs.

Caution: Do not delete or remove the $hf_mig$ folder. It's needed for future updates.

http://www.dougknox.com/
Win XP Utilities
Remove Hotfix Backup Files v2.1.6 - Updated 5/29/2004

I doubt removing these uninstall files will save you GB's of space. You need to look where the space is being used. My windows folder occupies about 2.5GB so 17GB is a huge amount.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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