Update information?

[Guest XS11E]

Running Vista Ultimate 64.

 

In XP the update uninstall information is in the Windows folder and all

can be deleted for updates that won't be removed.

 

Where are those files in Vista?

 

Right now I have plenty of harddrive space but in the future.... who

knows?

 

 

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[Guest Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

RE: Update information?

 

Hello,

The files are stored in the winsxs folders under their proper

version\component folders.

There really isn't a way to remove those files easily without causing harm

or potential harm to the system.

You should not delete files from under these folders.

Any one update can have multiple folders listed for that update and any

component can have multiple listings depending on how many times that

folder was updated. They are not listed per update.

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

 

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|> Running Vista Ultimate 64.

|>

|> In XP the update uninstall information is in the Windows folder and all

|> can be deleted for updates that won't be removed.

|>

|> Where are those files in Vista?

|>

|> Right now I have plenty of harddrive space but in the future.... who

|> knows?

|>

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[Guest XS11E]

RE: Update information?

 

Darrellg@online.microsoft.com ("Darrell Gorter[MSFT]") wrote:

> The files are stored in the winsxs folders under their proper

> version\component folders.

> There really isn't a way to remove those files easily without

> causing harm or potential harm to the system.

> You should not delete files from under these folders.

> Any one update can have multiple folders listed for that update

> and any component can have multiple listings depending on how many

> times that folder was updated. They are not listed per update.

 

Thanks, Darrell. It's an odd change, the files are very accessable in

XP and easily deleted to regain disk space if one decides the update

doesn't need to be removed so the question is.... why the change in

Vista? I'm sure there's a reason for it but I can't imagine what it

might be.

[Guest Chuck Walbourn [MSFT]]

Re: Update information?

 

It was unsafe to delete them on Windows XP too, but far fewer components

made use of Fusion/WinSxS so you probably just didn't happen to hit it.

 

Note that the size reported by doing a DIR or Properties on the \Windows

directory is mis-leading because many of the files under Windows\WinSxS are

hard links to files in Windows\System32 or \Program Files.

 

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[Guest XS11E]

Re: Update information?

 

"Chuck Walbourn [MSFT]" <chuckw@online.microsoft.com> wrote:

> It was unsafe to delete them on Windows XP too, but far fewer

> components made use of Fusion/WinSxS so you probably just didn't

> happen to hit it.

>

> Note that the size reported by doing a DIR or Properties on the

> \Windows directory is mis-leading because many of the files under

> Windows\WinSxS are hard links to files in Windows\System32 or

> \Program Files.

 

OK, thanks for the information.

 

 

 

 

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[Guest Darrell Gorter[MSFT]]

Re: Update information?

 

Hello,

There may be a tool available when SP1 ships that allows for removal of

some of the backed up old components which would allow you to free p some

disk space.

Thanks,

Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

 

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|> "Chuck Walbourn [MSFT]" <chuckw@online.microsoft.com> wrote:

|>

|> > It was unsafe to delete them on Windows XP too, but far fewer

|> > components made use of Fusion/WinSxS so you probably just didn't

|> > happen to hit it.

|> >

|> > Note that the size reported by doing a DIR or Properties on the

|> > \Windows directory is mis-leading because many of the files under

|> > Windows\WinSxS are hard links to files in Windows\System32 or

|> > \Program Files.

|>

|> OK, thanks for the information.

|>

|>

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[Guest XS11E]

Re: Update information?

 

Darrellg@online.microsoft.com ("Darrell Gorter[MSFT]") wrote:

> There may be a tool available when SP1 ships that allows for

> removal of some of the backed up old components which would allow

> you to free p some disk space.

 

Thanks, Darrell, I sure hope so. Disk space isn't a major problem now

with the current large hard drives but I remember having to run Stacker

on my HD before I could install Windows 3.1!

 

Old habits die hard, I've never been able to use more than 1/3 of my

current harddrives in the last several years but I still delete

everything that I can.

 

 

 

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