Can I delete my *large* update folder?

I believe the Microsoft update folders are:

C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\

On my system there is one particular folder in there called:

6ca7b3a8efd5a9b6f87fff395a2eb989

and it is 474 MB in size and has several subfolders and over 2000
files!

I am running WinXP Pro with SP1 so *maybe* this folder contains an
uninstalled SP2 update?

I don't want SP2 at the moment so is it a folder I can delete?

Or does this huge folder contain information about Microsoft updates
other than SP2?

Alex Coleman wrote:

> I believe the Microsoft update folders are:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\
>
> On my system there is one particular folder in there called:
>
> 6ca7b3a8efd5a9b6f87fff395a2eb989
>
> and it is 474 MB in size and has several subfolders and over 2000
> files!
>
> (snip)
Hi,

After all updates are finished installing, you can safely delete all
folders/files in the ...\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ folder (the
system should delete the files automatically 10 days after the
installation though).


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