Re: Removing UninstallKB's from the Winnt directory

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Allen L. wrote:

Torgeir Bakken (MVP) <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@xxxxxxxxx> typed:


As long as you doesn't care about not being able to uninstall the
updates anymore, all the $ntuninstall... folders can be deleted.


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What about the the 'top' hidden folder that is right above the $ntuninstall folders? I've been deleting it also. Since I don't presently have it, but seems it's named something like "updis" and is not compressed, but contained the same MS updates that I deleted in hidden format. After deleting the compressed updates, the "updis" folder is still many MB in size. Of course on the next update, the "updis" (or whatever it is named) is re-created along with the compressed updates again.

Hi,

I would think you mean the $hf_mig$ folder.

You should not delete the content in the folder $hf_mig$.

More about the $hf_mig$ folder in this KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824994


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