Remove pre-SP1 files easily

[Guest Carlos]

If you feel comfortable with SP1 and you think that you won't go back to

pre-SP1, there is this executable in %windir%\system32 named vsp1cln.exe that

you can run in order to delete all those "old" files.

Carlos

[Guest Don]

Re: Remove pre-SP1 files easily

 

 

 

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6FFA2A43-644A-4968-9AC6-8897231A505F@microsoft.com...

> If you feel comfortable with SP1 and you think that you won't go back to

> pre-SP1, there is this executable in %windir%\system32 named vsp1cln.exe

> that

> you can run in order to delete all those "old" files.

> Carlos

 

 

Good to know, thanks Carlos.

 

 

 

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Don

[Guest Carlos]

Re: Remove pre-SP1 files easily

 

You are welcome, Don.

 

Here's additional info if you feel like investigating.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/02/06/windows-vista-sp1-file-removal-tool-vsp1clnexe-reclaims-disk-space/

 

and

 

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/5cf710a1-1414-4d11-97de-0748abdcec651033.mspx

 

Carlos

 

"Don" wrote:

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>

> "Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:6FFA2A43-644A-4968-9AC6-8897231A505F@microsoft.com...

> > If you feel comfortable with SP1 and you think that you won't go back to

> > pre-SP1, there is this executable in %windir%\system32 named vsp1cln.exe

> > that

> > you can run in order to delete all those "old" files.

> > Carlos

>

>

> Good to know, thanks Carlos.

>

>

>

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> Don

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