XP SP3 doesn't remove all those $NtUninstallKB folders??

[Guest John Corliss]

I recently upgraded a friend's XP Pro to SP3, fully expecting that all

the c:\windows\$NtUninstallKB* folders would disappear. Man, was I ever

let down. I want to upgrade my XP Home to SP3, but not if it won't be

removing all that clutter.

 

Is there some trick I'm missing?

 

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John Corliss

[Guest Jim]

Re: XP SP3 doesn't remove all those $NtUninstallKB folders??

 

 

"John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message

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>I recently upgraded a friend's XP Pro to SP3, fully expecting that all the

>c:\windows\$NtUninstallKB* folders would disappear. Man, was I ever let

>down. I want to upgrade my XP Home to SP3, but not if it won't be removing

>all that clutter.

>

> Is there some trick I'm missing?

>

> --

> John Corliss

I know nothing of SP3. But, what is keeping you from deleting these folders

(after you copy them to DVD anyway)?

The SP2 update did clean out the uninstall folders left over from SP1

updates.

Jim

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: XP SP3 doesn't remove all those $NtUninstallKB folders??

 

It leaves them in case you roll out the Service Pack. Not only do you

need to purge the Uninstallers and leave $hf_mig$ folder but you also

need to purge the contents of $hf_mig$ which holds the KB____ data.

I would only do this IF you are never going to roll out the Service Pack

from your machine. The amount of space these hotfix folders consume

isn't that great.

 

"Jim" <jim-norris@sbcglobal.com> wrote in message

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>

> "John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message

> news:ZOSdnclt6dxTSfbVnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@posted.ccountrynet...

>>I recently upgraded a friend's XP Pro to SP3, fully expecting that all the

>>c:\windows\$NtUninstallKB* folders would disappear. Man, was I ever let

>>down. I want to upgrade my XP Home to SP3, but not if it won't be removing

>>all that clutter.

>>

>> Is there some trick I'm missing?

>>

>> --

>> John Corliss

> I know nothing of SP3. But, what is keeping you from deleting these

> folders (after you copy them to DVD anyway)?

> The SP2 update did clean out the uninstall folders left over from SP1

> updates.

> Jim

>

[Guest JS]

Re: XP SP3 doesn't remove all those $NtUninstallKB folders??

 

Apparently they are not removed, however:

The $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders and associated files

in these folders are safe to remove.

 

$NtServicePackUninstallIDNMitigationAPIs$

$NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$

Created when you installed IE7.

If you installed IE7 before you installed SP3

then you will no longer be able to uninstall IE7 and they

can also be deleted.

 

$NtServicePackUninstall$

When you installed SP3 this folder grow in size

as it will contain both SP2 and SP3 uninstall files.

If you have already installed SP3 then I would leave

this folder as is until you are certain that no bugs have

cropped up after installing SP3.

Note: Once you delete this folder you are stuck with SP3

 

Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$

(and any folders that are part of/contained in $hf_mig$)

It is a necessary folder for future updates

 

Also See Doug Knox's page on this issue:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm

 

And:

Is it safe to delete the $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders:

http://www.pagestart.com/ntuninstall.html

 

JS

http://www.pagestart.com

 

 

"John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message

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>I recently upgraded a friend's XP Pro to SP3, fully expecting that all the

>c:\windows\$NtUninstallKB* folders would disappear. Man, was I ever let

>down. I want to upgrade my XP Home to SP3, but not if it won't be removing

>all that clutter.

>

> Is there some trick I'm missing?

>

> --

> John Corliss

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: XP SP3 doesn't remove all those $NtUninstallKB folders??

 

See http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm and/or

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33827

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John Corliss wrote:

> I recently upgraded a friend's XP Pro to SP3, fully expecting that all

> the c:\windows\$NtUninstallKB* folders would disappear. Man, was I ever

> let down. I want to upgrade my XP Home to SP3, but not if it won't be

> removing all that clutter.

>

> Is there some trick I'm missing?

[Guest KDE]

Re: XP SP3 doesn't remove all those $NtUninstallKB folders??

 

"DELETE"

 

"John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message

news:ZOSdnclt6dxTSfbVnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@posted.ccountrynet...

>I recently upgraded a friend's XP Pro to SP3, fully expecting that all the

>c:\windows\$NtUninstallKB* folders would disappear. Man, was I ever let

>down. I want to upgrade my XP Home to SP3, but not if it won't be removing

>all that clutter.

>

> Is there some trick I'm missing?

>

> --

> John Corliss

[Guest John Corliss]

Re: XP SP3 doesn't remove all those $NtUninstallKB folders??

 

R. McCarty wrote:

> It leaves them in case you roll out the Service Pack. Not only do you

> need to purge the Uninstallers and leave $hf_mig$ folder but you also

> need to purge the contents of $hf_mig$ which holds the KB____ data.

> I would only do this IF you are never going to roll out the Service Pack

> from your machine. The amount of space these hotfix folders consume

> isn't that great.

 

Yet, nonetheless, when you defrag your drive or do a file search, having

them on there slows both processes down tremendously.

> "Jim" <jim-norris@sbcglobal.com> wrote in message

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>> "John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message

>> news:ZOSdnclt6dxTSfbVnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@posted.ccountrynet...

>>> I recently upgraded a friend's XP Pro to SP3, fully expecting that all the

>>> c:\windows\$NtUninstallKB* folders would disappear. Man, was I ever let

>>> down. I want to upgrade my XP Home to SP3, but not if it won't be removing

>>> all that clutter.

>>>

>>> Is there some trick I'm missing?

>>>

>>> --

>>> John Corliss

>> I know nothing of SP3. But, what is keeping you from deleting these

>> folders (after you copy them to DVD anyway)?

>> The SP2 update did clean out the uninstall folders left over from SP1

>> updates.

 

 

--

John Corliss

[Guest John Corliss]

Re: XP SP3 doesn't remove all those $NtUninstallKB folders??

 

John Corliss wrote:

> I recently upgraded a friend's XP Pro to SP3, fully expecting that all

> the c:\windows\$NtUninstallKB* folders would disappear. Man, was I ever

> let down. I want to upgrade my XP Home to SP3, but not if it won't be

> removing all that clutter.

>

> Is there some trick I'm missing?

 

After reading all the replies, I can see that the best route for me is a

format and reinstall of the OS (XP Home SP2), then installation of SP3.

 

Probably will clean up a lot of problems in the process, it's just going

to be a major PITA.

 

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John Corliss

[Guest JS]

Re: XP SP3 doesn't remove all those $NtUninstallKB folders??

 

Not necessary, keep it simple and just delete

the $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders.

 

JS

 

 

"John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message

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> John Corliss wrote:

>> I recently upgraded a friend's XP Pro to SP3, fully expecting that all

>> the c:\windows\$NtUninstallKB* folders would disappear. Man, was I ever

>> let down. I want to upgrade my XP Home to SP3, but not if it won't be

>> removing all that clutter.

>>

>> Is there some trick I'm missing?

>

> After reading all the replies, I can see that the best route for me is a

> format and reinstall of the OS (XP Home SP2), then installation of SP3.

>

> Probably will clean up a lot of problems in the process, it's just going

> to be a major PITA.

>

> --

> John Corliss

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: XP SP3 doesn't remove all those $NtUninstallKB folders??

 

John Corliss wrote:

> John Corliss wrote:

>> I recently upgraded a friend's XP Pro to SP3, fully expecting that all

>> the c:\windows\$NtUninstallKB* folders would disappear. Man, was I ever

>> let down. I want to upgrade my XP Home to SP3, but not if it won't be

>> removing all that clutter.

>>

>> Is there some trick I'm missing?

>

> After reading all the replies, I can see that the best route for me is a

> format and reinstall of the OS (XP Home SP2), then installation of SP3.

>

> Probably will clean up a lot of problems in the process, it's just going

> to be a major PITA.

 

If you do that, you will need this KB article in order to install Windows

Updates: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144 (Trust me!)

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