| KJW174 |
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| Fri Jan 11 2008 08:24 PM |
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Can I delete these files
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Hi
In my Windows folder, I have 322 files each beginning and ending with $ and have the word uninstall within the file name, for example $NtUninstallkB918118$.
Some are over a year old while others are just a few days old.
Can anybody tell me what these files are used for and if its safe to remove them. Thanks
| bricat |
| (HijackThis Helper) |
| Fri Jan 11 2008 08:44 PM |
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Re: Can I delete these files
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$NtUninstallkB918118$ is the uninstall file for security update kB918118.
as are the other $NTuninstall files.
every time you get an update it creates an uninstall file for each one.
for all the amount of space that they take up i would just leave them.
| KJW174 |
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| Fri Jan 11 2008 08:56 PM |
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Re: Can I delete these files
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Thanks for the advice...they total almost 100Mb but am happy to leave them if there not causing a problem
| BurrWalnut |
| (Chippendaler) |
| Sat Jan 12 2008 01:26 PM |
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Re: Can I delete these files
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If your PC is behaving properly you can remove the Windows hotfix backup files that begin $NTUninstallKB from the WINDOWS folder. There are two ways to do it, either by the preferred method of running a script which also removes the corresponding entries in Add/Remove Programs or manually removing them. As you would have downloaded some updates this week, I suggest you wait another week before removing them to give you sufficient time to determine whether the fixes are misbehaving and need uninstalling.
1. Download, extract and run this little script http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm Create a system restore point first just in case anything goes wrong during the registry updating.
2. Alternatively, copy them to a CD/DVD then manually delete them from the \WINDOWS folder but leave the now orphaned Add/Remove Programs entries intact. Only delete the $NTUninstallKB folders that relate to fixes not those for applications like Word, WMP, etc. Do not delete the $hf_mig$ folder.