Re: inside the /WINDOWS" folder

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From: Chris H. (winxpnews_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:35:29 -0800

No, I wouldn't. They're the safety net in case you ever need to uninstall
one of the Hotfix or other downloads from Windows Update. You should also
have a bunch of $NtuninstallQ####$ listings, too, depending on how current
you've kept your system. They also should be left alone. 

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Chris H.
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"Pat" <Pat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:A66E1323-4A81-45C1-A7BD-526E533C7000@microsoft.com...
> in my /windows folder there are tons of folder name /$uninstallKB####$
> what are those?? can I delete them?
>

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