Re: Can any type of cleanup be done after installing Windows XP SP3?
- From: "Terry R." <F1Com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:34:58 -0700
The date and time was 6/30/2008 8:11 PM, and on a whim, Richard A. Landkamer pounded out on the keyboard:
I installed Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) back on May 10, 2008. I was hoping that this installation process would automatically remove all of the "C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB------$" and a few other Uninstall Folders that were applied during the life of the previous Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), and which have now become obsolete with Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). Unfortunately, this did not happen. I vaguely recall that when I installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) back in August, 2004, all of the then previous Uninstall Folders were automatically deleted.
As an extreme example, I did a search for urlmon.dll, which has been frequently updated with Microsoft security fixes during the last four years. I came up with a total of 36 copies of urlmon.dll on my computer, most of which are in the above type of "C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB------$" and a few other Uninstall Folders. In addition, I found both urlmon(3).dll and urlmon(4).dll (with the same size and version number) in C:\WINDOWS\System32. In fact, it appears that a very large number of DLLs in C:\WINDOWS\System32 now have two duplicate copies of the previous version of each DLL that was replaced with a new DLL by Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). Most of these previous version DLLs have the numbers (3) and (4) after them. However, some of these previous version DLLS have the numbers (2) and (3) after them like usbmon(2).dll and usbmon(3).dll.
I believe that some substantial cleanup is needed after installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). Is there any automatic cleanup utility that I can run? If not, then can anyone inform me what I can safely delete from all of this mess that has resulted in multiple copies of most DLLs? Can I safely delete all DLLs with numbers after them like the above examples in C:\WINDOWS\System32? I will greatly appreciate any assistance or other information in this matter. Richard A. Landkamer
Hi Richard,
Most of the time the SP3 update does NOT create the duplicate copies you have experienced. I have communicated with a few in this group that had the same thing happen, but it is not normal.
If the dates of the new files are newer than the (2) (3) etc copies, then I would remove the duplicate copies. I don't know of any "automatic cleanup utility" since this isn't common with the update. You could use the command "del *(?).*" (without the quotes) to remove them from a command prompt.
If you need anything further, report back.
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Terry R.
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