Guest Daniel Schaffer Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Hi, My hard drive has in its WINNT folder about 30 files which take the form "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"$, where the "n"s are numbers. The oldest shows the date January, 2006 and the newest April, 2007. My computer works perfectly, running WinXP Pro, SP2. What I would like to know is if I can delete these files, or move them to an archive. It's just a question of cleaning up my C: drive. Many thanks in advance, Dan S
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Re: What is file "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"? "Daniel Schaffer" <somerset27@aol.com> wrote: > My hard drive has in its WINNT folder about 30 files which take the > form "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"$, where the "n"s are numbers. The oldest > shows the date January, 2006 and the newest April, 2007. > > My computer works perfectly, running WinXP Pro, SP2. What I would like > to know is if I can delete these files, or move them to an archive. > It's just a question of cleaning up my C: drive. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm -- d-d
Guest peter Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Re: What is file "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"? These files are the uninstall files for any XP updates that you have done via the update site. If all of your updates are functioning properly and you have no intention of ever uninstalling any then yes you can delete those files....I do it 30 days after an update. peter "Daniel Schaffer" <somerset27@aol.com> wrote in message news:uq4GPzK7HHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > My hard drive has in its WINNT folder about 30 files which take the form > "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"$, where the "n"s are numbers. The oldest shows the > date January, 2006 and the newest April, 2007. > > My computer works perfectly, running WinXP Pro, SP2. What I would like to > know is if I can delete these files, or move them to an archive. It's just > a question of cleaning up my C: drive. > > Many thanks in advance, > > Dan S > >
Guest JS Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Re: What is file "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"? They are the MS Updates that have been installed on your PC over time. These folders and associated files in these folders are safe to remove, however once deleted you will no longer be able to un-install a patch or update that was associated with the deleted folder/files. I would keep the most recent set (last two months just in case) of folders and delete the older updates. As a safety net I burned these folders to a CD before deleting them. Warning: One folder you should not delete is: $hf_mig$ Also See Doug Knox's page on this issue: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm JS "Daniel Schaffer" <somerset27@aol.com> wrote in message news:uq4GPzK7HHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > My hard drive has in its WINNT folder about 30 files which take the form > "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"$, where the "n"s are numbers. The oldest shows the > date January, 2006 and the newest April, 2007. > > My computer works perfectly, running WinXP Pro, SP2. What I would like to > know is if I can delete these files, or move them to an archive. It's just > a question of cleaning up my C: drive. > > Many thanks in advance, > > Dan S > >
Guest Daniel Schaffer Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Re: What is file "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"? Many thanks to Detlev, Peter and JS. By the way, what is the file $hf_mig$, the one I mustn't remove? Dan "Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message news:12758aad4e1c03bc3002e38e01436d7c@d-d.mvps.org... > "Daniel Schaffer" <somerset27@aol.com> wrote: > >> My hard drive has in its WINNT folder about 30 files which take the >> form "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"$, where the "n"s are numbers. The oldest >> shows the date January, 2006 and the newest April, 2007. >> >> My computer works perfectly, running WinXP Pro, SP2. What I would like >> to know is if I can delete these files, or move them to an archive. >> It's just a question of cleaning up my C: drive. > > http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm > > -- > d-d
Guest JS Posted September 1, 2007 Posted September 1, 2007 Re: What is file "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"? Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824994/en-us Scroll down to the bottom of this KB article under the Notes section, the 4th bulleted item. Note that this folder appears to be updated each time Windows Updates and hotfix patches are applied. So you will see a complete history of your updates and what appears to be the actual update files. I also suspect but can not confirm that Windows Updates site also looks at the contents of this folder to determine what updates you require. JS "Daniel Schaffer" <somerset27@aol.com> wrote in message news:%23fgBewO7HHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Many thanks to Detlev, Peter and JS. > By the way, what is the file $hf_mig$, the one I mustn't remove? > Dan > "Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message > news:12758aad4e1c03bc3002e38e01436d7c@d-d.mvps.org... >> "Daniel Schaffer" <somerset27@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> My hard drive has in its WINNT folder about 30 files which take the >>> form "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"$, where the "n"s are numbers. The oldest >>> shows the date January, 2006 and the newest April, 2007. >>> >>> My computer works perfectly, running WinXP Pro, SP2. What I would like >>> to know is if I can delete these files, or move them to an archive. >>> It's just a question of cleaning up my C: drive. >> >> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm >> >> -- >> d-d > >
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted September 2, 2007 Posted September 2, 2007 Re: What is file "$NTUninstallKBnnnnnn"? "Daniel Schaffer" <somerset27@aol.com> wrote: > Many thanks to Detlev, Peter and JS. > By the way, what is the file $hf_mig$, the one I mustn't remove? Explained in MS KB824994 as already posted by "JS". -- d-d
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