okay to remove $NtUninstallKbxxxxxx$??

[Guest Jeff]

Hey

 

The windows directory of my win2k3 machine has plenty of folders (in blue

color) with names like $ExchUninstallKBxxxx$,

$NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$ and $NtUninstallKBxxxx$

 

These folders take up about 800MB on the server. From what I know these

folders contain info so patch can be uninstalled.. but I'm satisfied with

how the system works right now and have no planes of uninstalling those

win2k3 patches...

 

Is it okay to remove those folders or will it cause some other problems?

Maybe I instead could burn those folders onto a DVD... so burn them to DVD

and then delete them from Windows directory?

 

Jeff

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: okay to remove $NtUninstallKbxxxxxx$??

 

Hello Jeff,

 

If you are sure that you will not uninstall the patches you can delete them.

If you like to keep them you can ofcourse burn them to disk. You can also

check the softwaredistribution folder for the size. Also that content you

can safely delete, it will be recreated when you update the server again

from MS website. For deleting stop the automatic update service.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

no rights.

> Hey

>

> The windows directory of my win2k3 machine has plenty of folders (in

> blue color) with names like $ExchUninstallKBxxxx$,

> $NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$ and $NtUninstallKBxxxx$

>

> These folders take up about 800MB on the server. From what I know

> these folders contain info so patch can be uninstalled.. but I'm

> satisfied with how the system works right now and have no planes of

> uninstalling those win2k3 patches...

>

> Is it okay to remove those folders or will it cause some other

> problems? Maybe I instead could burn those folders onto a DVD... so

> burn them to DVD and then delete them from Windows directory?

>

> Jeff

>

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

Re: okay to remove $NtUninstallKbxxxxxx$??

 

Hello,

 

i prefer to use this script that also clean up the registry and let some

vital folder that may be removed by mistake:

 

Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

sWinDir = oFSO.GetSpecialFolder(0)

Set oFolder = oFSO.GetFolder(sWinDir)

Set oDictionary = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")

 

For Each oSubFolder In oFolder.SubFolders

 

sFolderName = LCase(oSubFolder.Name)

sFolderPath = LCase(oSubFolder.Path)

 

If Left(sFolderName, 13) = "$ntuninstallq" _

Or Left(sFolderName, 14) = "$ntuninstallkb" Then

 

' get the update name for the registry delete

sUpdateName = Mid(sFolderName, 13, Len(sFolderName) - 13)

 

' never delete folders/files while enumerating a file/folder collection

' adds them to a dictionary object for later handling instead

oDictionary.Add sUpdateName, sFolderPath

 

End If

Next

 

sDeleted = ""

For Each sUpdateName In oDictionary.Keys

 

sDeleted = sDeleted & vbCrLf & sUpdateName

sFolderPath = oDictionary.Item(sUpdateName)

 

On Error Resume Next

' remove entry in Add/Remove Programs

oShell.RegDelete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\" _

& "CurrentVersion\Uninstall\" & sUpdateName & "\"

On Error Goto 0

 

' delete the uninstall folder

oShell.Run "%Comspec% /C RD /S /Q " _

& Chr(34) & sFolderPath & Chr(34), 0, True

Next

 

 

 

--

Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

 

 

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message

news:ff16fb66561a28c9c73530e903e6@msnews.microsoft.com...

> Hello Jeff,

>

> If you are sure that you will not uninstall the patches you can delete

> them. If you like to keep them you can ofcourse burn them to disk. You can

> also check the softwaredistribution folder for the size. Also that content

> you can safely delete, it will be recreated when you update the server

> again from MS website. For deleting stop the automatic update service.

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

> confers no rights.

>

>> Hey

>>

>> The windows directory of my win2k3 machine has plenty of folders (in

>> blue color) with names like $ExchUninstallKBxxxx$,

>> $NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$ and $NtUninstallKBxxxx$

>>

>> These folders take up about 800MB on the server. From what I know

>> these folders contain info so patch can be uninstalled.. but I'm

>> satisfied with how the system works right now and have no planes of

>> uninstalling those win2k3 patches...

>>

>> Is it okay to remove those folders or will it cause some other

>> problems? Maybe I instead could burn those folders onto a DVD... so

>> burn them to DVD and then delete them from Windows directory?

>>

>> Jeff

>>

>

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