Can the WU downloads be deleted after successful install?

The new version of WU on W2K Pro, at least, creates a new directory in the
Winnt folder called Software Distribution. There's a directory in there
called Download that appears to hold downloaded updates even after successful
installs. Previous versions of WU didn't do that. Can that directory be
emptied? I assume yes, but I want to be sure before I try.

I've got 150MB in that folder that is desparately needed as free space.
This OS partition doesn't have all that much free space.

Thanks!

Icebox,
Yes, you can delete the files in folder \SoftwareDistribution\Download

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Icebox wrote:
> The new version of WU on W2K Pro, at least, creates a new directory
> in the Winnt folder called Software Distribution. There's a
> directory in there called Download that appears to hold downloaded
> updates even after successful installs. Previous versions of WU
> didn't do that. Can that directory be emptied? I assume yes, but I
> want to be sure before I try.
>
> I've got 150MB in that folder that is desparately needed as free
> space. This OS partition doesn't have all that much free space.
>
> Thanks!

Icebox wrote:

> The new version of WU on W2K Pro, at least, creates a new directory in the
> Winnt folder called Software Distribution. There's a directory in there
> called Download that appears to hold downloaded updates even after successful
> installs. Previous versions of WU didn't do that. Can that directory be
> emptied? I assume yes, but I want to be sure before I try.
>
> I've got 150MB in that folder that is desparately needed as free space.
> This OS partition doesn't have all that much free space.
Hi,

Yes, you can safely delete the content in the Download folder after
all updates are installed.

If you don't delete the files yourself, they should disappear
automatically after 10 days.


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Yes, that file may be safely deleted, as well as others:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

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"Icebox" <> wrote in message
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> The new version of WU on W2K Pro, at least, creates a new directory in the
> Winnt folder called Software Distribution. There's a directory in there
> called Download that appears to hold downloaded updates even after
> successful
> installs. Previous versions of WU didn't do that. Can that directory be
> emptied? I assume yes, but I want to be sure before I try.
>
> I've got 150MB in that folder that is desparately needed as free space.
> This OS partition doesn't have all that much free space.
>
> Thanks!