I want to delete these, but not because of the space. Is there a way to make them install themselves into a separate directory when they come in? Disks are cheap so it is not the space that bothers me, but the extra time they add to a virus scan. Being in the Windows dir they get scanned even in quick-scan routines. Most of my Windows Update Uninstaller folders are located in the path mentioned in this article.
And if something goes wrong immediately after deletion, can a system restore point resurrect these folders? There is a program to safely remove these folders which also adjust the corresponding registry entry as well. Best tip on which to delete would be any folders that is older than a few weeks, in case a recent update needs rolling back. Remember: This is a one-way operation. If you remove the Hotfix backup files and the Registry entries, it cannot be undone, unless you back up these items manually.
Note this program will let you uninstall as well as remove the backup folder so choose the right option. Comments violating those rules will be removed. Comments that don't add value will be removed, including off-topic or content-free comments, or comments that look even a little bit like spam. Is it ok to remove these folders if I know that I will not need to uninstall them? He simply won't be able to uninstall the hotfix - and an sp2 disk won't change that.
When you install updates from Windows Update, backup folders are created for the files that were replaced during the update. These are created so that you can easily uninstall a particular Hotfix, if it causes problems with your system.
If your system is running stable and you don't need to uninstall the hotfixes, then you can safely remove the backup files to free up disk space. This utility will locate the Hotfixes that have created backup files on your system, and will remove those backups.
It will only remove hotfix backups that are specific to the Windows XP operating system. This is a one-way operation. Delete Confirmation. Then try again to delete. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. Asked 4 years, 5 months ago. Active 4 years, 5 months ago. Viewed 45 times. I tried these below steps but none of them worked out.
Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Server General Forum. Sign in to vote. Hi, I have a Windows Server with 0 bytes free on the system drive. There's algo a ie7update folder.
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