Delete files inside $hf_mig$ ?

I've had SP2 and updates installed for a while and all is working well. I'd
like to delete the folders inside the $hf_mig$ file. I've heard not to
delete the $hf_mig$ folder itself. May I delete those folders without
affecting my XP Home system?

--
Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!

Do not delete that folder. Leave it alone. It is a necessary folder for future updates
etc.
Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 software
update packages
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;824994
%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder

You can delete these update uninstall folders/files -
Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example $NtUninstallKB282010$ which
reside in C:\windows (hidden folders) are Window Hot Fix Update folders/files) can be
safely deleted (providing you never wish to uninstall the updates). I would recommend
leaving these folders for a period of at least a month to make sure the update is working
correctly.

These updates can be deleted individually or in multiples. To find out more about the
update/s go to:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=XXXXXX
NB: XXXXXX = the actual number not including the "Q" or "KB"

Once you have deleted the uninstall folders/files, then go to Control Panel, Add/Remove
Programs. Select the matching Windows Hotfix Title relating the update folder/file you
have just deleted and select remove. You will get a Windows error. This is because you
have deleted the uninstall folder/files. Just choose OK and the entry will be deleted from
the Add/Remove Programs Listing.


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"Lady Dungeness" <> wrote in message
news:OE2u%...
| I've had SP2 and updates installed for a while and all is working well. I'd
| like to delete the folders inside the $hf_mig$ file. I've heard not to
| delete the $hf_mig$ folder itself. May I delete those folders without
| affecting my XP Home system?
|
| --
| Lady Dungeness
| Crabby, but Great Legs!
|
|

I'll keep the FOLDER. What about the KB##### folders inside of it? Can I
delete those?

Lady D



"TaurArian [MS-MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
| Do not delete that folder. Leave it alone. It is a necessary folder for
future updates
| etc.
| Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows
Server 2003 software
| update packages
| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;824994
| %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder
|
| You can delete these update uninstall folders/files -
| Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example
$NtUninstallKB282010$ which
| reside in C:\windows (hidden folders) are Window Hot Fix Update
folders/files) can be
| safely deleted (providing you never wish to uninstall the updates). I
would recommend
| leaving these folders for a period of at least a month to make sure the
update is working
| correctly.
|
| These updates can be deleted individually or in multiples. To find out
more about the
| update/s go to:
| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=XXXXXX
| NB: XXXXXX = the actual number not including the "Q" or "KB"
|
| Once you have deleted the uninstall folders/files, then go to Control
Panel, Add/Remove
| Programs. Select the matching Windows Hotfix Title relating the update
folder/file you
| have just deleted and select remove. You will get a Windows error. This is
because you
| have deleted the uninstall folder/files. Just choose OK and the entry will
be deleted from
| the Add/Remove Programs Listing.
|
|
| --
| ====================================
| TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia
| ====================================
| How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/
| http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm
|
| Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may
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|
| "Lady Dungeness" <> wrote in message
| news:OE2u%...
|| I've had SP2 and updates installed for a while and all is working well.
I'd
|| like to delete the folders inside the $hf_mig$ file. I've heard not to
|| delete the $hf_mig$ folder itself. May I delete those folders without
|| affecting my XP Home system?
||
|| --
|| Lady Dungeness
|| Crabby, but Great Legs!
||
||
|
|

No.

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"Lady Dungeness" <> wrote in message
news:...
| I'll keep the FOLDER. What about the KB##### folders inside of it? Can I
| delete those?
|
| Lady D
|
|
|
| "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" <> wrote in message
| news:...
|| Do not delete that folder. Leave it alone. It is a necessary folder for
| future updates
|| etc.
|| Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows
| Server 2003 software
|| update packages
|| http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;824994
|| %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder
||
|| You can delete these update uninstall folders/files -
|| Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example
| $NtUninstallKB282010$ which
|| reside in C:\windows (hidden folders) are Window Hot Fix Update
| folders/files) can be
|| safely deleted (providing you never wish to uninstall the updates). I
| would recommend
|| leaving these folders for a period of at least a month to make sure the
| update is working
|| correctly.
||
|| These updates can be deleted individually or in multiples. To find out
| more about the
|| update/s go to:
|| http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=XXXXXX
|| NB: XXXXXX = the actual number not including the "Q" or "KB"
||
|| Once you have deleted the uninstall folders/files, then go to Control
| Panel, Add/Remove
|| Programs. Select the matching Windows Hotfix Title relating the update
| folder/file you
|| have just deleted and select remove. You will get a Windows error. This is
| because you
|| have deleted the uninstall folder/files. Just choose OK and the entry will
| be deleted from
|| the Add/Remove Programs Listing.
||
||
|| --
|| ====================================
|| TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia
|| ====================================
|| How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
|| Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/
|| http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm
||
|| Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may
| benefit.
||
||
|| "Lady Dungeness" <> wrote in message
|| news:OE2u%...
||| I've had SP2 and updates installed for a while and all is working well.
| I'd
||| like to delete the folders inside the $hf_mig$ file. I've heard not to
||| delete the $hf_mig$ folder itself. May I delete those folders without
||| affecting my XP Home system?
|||
||| --
||| Lady Dungeness
||| Crabby, but Great Legs!
|||
|||
||
||
|

Instead of deleting these files, may I move the $hf_mig$ folder to a drive
with more space? I need to clear up quite a bit of space on my C: drive and
this folder, while important, seems to be a big waste of space.

Joey

"TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> Do not delete that folder. Leave it alone. It is a necessary folder for future updates
> etc.
> Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 software
> update packages
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;824994
> %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder
>
> You can delete these update uninstall folders/files -
> Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example $NtUninstallKB282010$ which
> reside in C:\windows (hidden folders) are Window Hot Fix Update folders/files) can be
> safely deleted (providing you never wish to uninstall the updates). I would recommend
> leaving these folders for a period of at least a month to make sure the update is working
> correctly.
>
> These updates can be deleted individually or in multiples. To find out more about the
> update/s go to:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=XXXXXX
> NB: XXXXXX = the actual number not including the "Q" or "KB"
>
> Once you have deleted the uninstall folders/files, then go to Control Panel, Add/Remove
> Programs. Select the matching Windows Hotfix Title relating the update folder/file you
> have just deleted and select remove. You will get a Windows error. This is because you
> have deleted the uninstall folder/files. Just choose OK and the entry will be deleted from
> the Add/Remove Programs Listing.
>
>
> --
> ====================================
> TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia
> ====================================
> How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/
> http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm
>
> Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>
>
> "Lady Dungeness" <> wrote in message
> news:OE2u%...
> | I've had SP2 and updates installed for a while and all is working well. I'd
> | like to delete the folders inside the $hf_mig$ file. I've heard not to
> | delete the $hf_mig$ folder itself. May I delete those folders without
> | affecting my XP Home system?
> |
> | --
> | Lady Dungeness
> | Crabby, but Great Legs!
> |
> |
>
>
>

*** ONLY *** if you move the folder back prior to installing updates.
The updates check the Version of the file being installed against the
Version of the file that was updated previously.

Suggest you delete the $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$ folders as Taurarian
suggested and clean out the %temp% folders of each User Account.
Delete Temporary Internet Files via Internet Options in the Control
Panel on the General page, too. And, limit the amount of space the TIF
folder holds and have IE delete the TIF after closing the browser.

How to Delete the Contents of the Temporary Internet Files Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260897

How to Adjust Cache Size for Temporary Internet Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/155353

Or, buy a bigger Hard Drive as they are relatively inexpensive
nowadays <w>


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Joey Officer wrote:

> Instead of deleting these files, may I move the $hf_mig$ folder to a drive
> with more space? I need to clear up quite a bit of space on my C: drive and
> this folder, while important, seems to be a big waste of space.
>
> Joey
>
> "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>Do not delete that folder. Leave it alone. It is a necessary folder for future updates
>>etc.
>>Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server 2003 software
>>update packages
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;824994
>>%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder
>>
>>You can delete these update uninstall folders/files -
>>Folders that have uninstall as part of the name (for example $NtUninstallKB282010$ which
>>reside in C:\windows (hidden folders) are Window Hot Fix Update folders/files) can be
>>safely deleted (providing you never wish to uninstall the updates). I would recommend
>>leaving these folders for a period of at least a month to make sure the update is working
>>correctly.
>>
>>These updates can be deleted individually or in multiples. To find out more about the
>>update/s go to:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=XXXXXX
>>NB: XXXXXX = the actual number not including the "Q" or "KB"
>>
>>Once you have deleted the uninstall folders/files, then go to Control Panel, Add/Remove
>>Programs. Select the matching Windows Hotfix Title relating the update folder/file you
>>have just deleted and select remove. You will get a Windows error. This is because you
>>have deleted the uninstall folder/files. Just choose OK and the entry will be deleted from
>>the Add/Remove Programs Listing.
>>
>>
>>--
>>====================================
>>TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia
>>====================================
>>How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/
>>http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm
>>
>>Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>
>>
>>"Lady Dungeness" <> wrote in message
>>news:OE2u%.. .
>>| I've had SP2 and updates installed for a while and all is working well. I'd
>>| like to delete the folders inside the $hf_mig$ file. I've heard not to
>>| delete the $hf_mig$ folder itself. May I delete those folders without
>>| affecting my XP Home system?
>>|
>>| --
>>| Lady Dungeness
>>| Crabby, but Great Legs!
>>|
>>|
>>
>>
>>

Admittedly storage is cheap, but atleast in my situation I'm in a VM
environment and I cannot expand the C: drive.

Moving it temporarily I think will work for me.

Thanks,
joey


"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:


> Or, buy a bigger Hard Drive as they are relatively inexpensive
> nowadays <w>
>
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>

On 23/10/2007 20:19, Joey Officer wrote:
> Moving it temporarily I think will work for me.

If your Windows version is installed on a NTFS partition, maybe you can
create a NTFS junction for the <$hf_mig$> folder to another NTFS drive,
so that you won't have to move it every time. I don't know when the
junction is activated by the system, and especially, if some updates
need to alter the system during boot time, the junction may not work yet.

Can someone confirm it won't bring any problem using a junction for that
folder please ?

--
Tey'

Try to compress that particular folder. It saved me about 150MB!

"antanelli" wrote:

>

NEVER delete nor compress $hf_mig$. The subfolders contained therein
determine the branch of an update:

Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows
Server 2003 software update packages
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824994

> When a security update, critical update, update, update rollup, driver, or feature pack installs GDR
> version files, the hotfix files are also copied to the %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder. This supports
> migration to the appropriate files if you later install a hotfix or service pack
that includes earlier
> versions of these files. For example, consider the following scenario:
> 1. You apply a security update that installs a GDR version of File.dll with a version number of
> 5.2.3790.1000 and copies a hotfix version of File.dll with a version number of 5.2.3790.1000 to the
> %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder.
> 2. You apply a hotfix that includes a hotfix version of File.dll with a version number of
> 5.2.3790.0000.
> In this scenario the hotfix installation in step 2 installs the hotfix version of File.dll
> (version number 5.2.3790.1000) from the %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder instead of the hotfix version of
> File.dll (version number 5.2.3790.0000) from the hotfix package.

If you need to reclaim disk space, see this:

I want to Save Space and delete unnecessary files after installing a
Windows Update patch or Service Pack.
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm


MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


antanelli wrote:

> Try to compress that particular folder. It saved me about 150MB!
>
> "antanelli" wrote:
>
>
>>