Guest Sven Pran Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 In my C:\WINDOWS folder I have a huge amount of Uninstall file folders accumulated over the last two years. Most of these folders will be of little or no interest once the upgrade to which they refer has proven stable, and many of them are obviously superseeded by more recent upgrades as well. I should appreciate some advice for a proper procedure to clean up my Windows directory by deleting these folders. Just removing the folders by brute force is of course a possibility but that will create several inconsistencies in the registry (which I can handle with my registry integrity check and repair utility), but I should rather prefer to have some recommended procedure that also maintains the integrity of the registry. Suggestions anybody? regards Sven
Guest Ken Blake Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Re: Cleanup of extinct WINXP update files Sven Pran wrote: > In my C:\WINDOWS folder I have a huge amount of > Uninstall file folders accumulated over the last two > years. Most of these folders will be of little or no > interest once the upgrade to which they refer has > proven stable, and many of them are obviously > superseeded by more recent upgrades as well. > > I should appreciate some advice for a proper procedure > to clean up my Windows directory by deleting these > folders. Go here: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup
Guest Sven Pran Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Re: Cleanup of extinct WINXP update files "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:%235pco2UyHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Sven Pran wrote: > >> In my C:\WINDOWS folder I have a huge amount of >> Uninstall file folders accumulated over the last two >> years. Most of these folders will be of little or no >> interest once the upgrade to which they refer has >> proven stable, and many of them are obviously >> superseeded by more recent upgrades as well. >> >> I should appreciate some advice for a proper procedure >> to clean up my Windows directory by deleting these >> folders. > > Go here: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm > > -- > Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User > Please reply to the newsgroup Thanks, that looks interesting! regards Sven
Guest Ken Blake Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Re: Cleanup of extinct WINXP update files Sven Pran wrote: > "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message > news:%235pco2UyHHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Sven Pran wrote: >> >>> In my C:\WINDOWS folder I have a huge amount of >>> Uninstall file folders accumulated over the last two >>> years. Most of these folders will be of little or no >>> interest once the upgrade to which they refer has >>> proven stable, and many of them are obviously >>> superseeded by more recent upgrades as well. >>> >>> I should appreciate some advice for a proper procedure >>> to clean up my Windows directory by deleting these >>> folders. >> >> Go here: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm >> >> -- >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User >> Please reply to the newsgroup > > > Thanks, that looks interesting! You're welcome. Glad to help. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup
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