Where Automatic Update Store Files In PC?

Any idea?

xp_1839 wrote:

> Any idea?
Hi,

When using Windows Updates, the temporary install files go to
%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\

(%windir% is typically C:\Windows or C:\Winnt)

Files in the folder Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ will
be automatically deleted after 10 days, but you can safely
clean out the Download folder yourself after an update is
installed.




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Downloads are not automatically deleted after 10 days. I have stuff sitting
there from 2006.

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> xp_1839 wrote:
>
> > Any idea?
> Hi,
>
> When using Windows Updates, the temporary install files go to
> %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\
>
> (%windir% is typically C:\Windows or C:\Winnt)
>
> Files in the folder Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ will
> be automatically deleted after 10 days, but you can safely
> clean out the Download folder yourself after an update is
> installed.
>
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
>

"Michelle" <> schrieb:

> Downloads are not automatically deleted after 10 days. I have stuff sitting
> there from 2006.

In a %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ subfolder? I doubt that,
at least, that's not a normal behaviour.

Bye,
Freudi

On Wed, 7 May 2008 10:49:32 +0200, "Ottmar Freudenberger" <>
wrote:

>"Michelle" <> schrieb:
>
>> Downloads are not automatically deleted after 10 days. I have stuff sitting
>> there from 2006.
>
>In a %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ subfolder? I doubt that,
>at least, that's not a normal behaviour.
>
>Bye,
>Freudi
Same here.
05/06/2008 15:31 <DIR> .
05/06/2008 15:31 <DIR> ..
04/25/2006 14:03 17,186 4d003035353728b380d1068db8a589b8979c81c3
05/06/2008 15:31 24,484 5333d4f3be10ce6e7e784a5e11f3023dd1443de6
06/23/2005 02:53 12,226 7438be01048925584d6133f209f4b66af4131a81
06/27/2006 10:28 8,992 74edd5e5937a02cb26c69c6fe8affbdf6e18ebe8
11/22/2005 21:35 <DIR> 83e48e0172d62210a156ab8a7fd53ff2
11/08/2005 12:09 23,510,720 a3625c59d7a2995fb60877b5f5324892a1693b2a
04/07/2005 18:10 11,624 a79bcfc22f1d4c15ae4840c3d535bd203a0a7506
11/28/2006 13:53 1,170 a8212227b7bca99eedb089726f698206118d477f
11/01/2006 18:12 2,894 b763712ee43f0fd0430236022685ae9e6e5707bb
10/21/2006 10:55 <DIR> cf66607446e145f5d8c8bf3f55214656
10/24/2006 23:48 1,062 ec2ef02fab14de77ab451803f0e8411d58676d58
9 File(s) 23,590,358 bytes
4 Dir(s) 5,736,886,272 bytes free

"Steve Urbach" <> schrieb:
> On Wed, 7 May 2008 10:49:32 +0200, "Ottmar Freudenberger" <>
> wrote:
>
>>"Michelle" <> schrieb:
>>
>>> Downloads are not automatically deleted after 10 days. I have stuff sitting
>>> there from 2006.
>>
>>In a %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ subfolder? I doubt that,
>>at least, that's not a normal behaviour.
>>

> Same here.

May be, but once again, that's not a normal behaviour.
Disabling necessary Windows/Microsoft services and/or running "Tuning/Cleaning"
tools and/or "Security Software" preventing the access to these files may be
the cause. OTH, the folders in question

> 11/22/2005 21:35 <DIR> 83e48e0172d62210a156ab8a7fd53ff2
> 10/21/2006 10:55 <DIR> cf66607446e145f5d8c8bf3f55214656

are dated "some time" in the past and since no other folders with a actual
date are showing up, ...

Bye,
Freudi