Deleting uninstall folders

There are about seventy $NtUninstall... folders in the Windows folder of my
XP system. Now that I have installed SP2, is it safe to delete these
uninstall files, except the one for SP2?

Thanks, Robert

Yes, assuming you're sure you won't uninstall SP2 and then possibley
uninstall one of the previous updates/patches/hotfixes. If you look in
Add/Remove Software you will notice all of these have already been removed
from the list.

"Robert" <> wrote in message
news:...
> There are about seventy $NtUninstall... folders in the Windows folder of
> my XP system. Now that I have installed SP2, is it safe to delete these
> uninstall files, except the one for SP2?
>
> Thanks, Robert
>

Robert wrote:

> There are about seventy $NtUninstall... folders in the Windows folder of my
> XP system. Now that I have installed SP2, is it safe to delete these
> uninstall files, except the one for SP2?
Hi

If you see %windir%\$NTUninstall* folders which dates back to your
SP1 installation, you can delete those. They are not removed by the
SP2 installation in case you want/need to go back to SP1 (and then
be able to uninstall the hotfixes in case you need to).

The following folders should be safe to delete:

%windir%\$xpsp1hfm$\
%windir%\$NtUninstallQ<some#>$\
%windir%\$NtUninstallKB<some#>$\


Also, you should clean out this folder now and then (WU5's temporary
download folder):

%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download\



If you are sure you don't need to uninstall SP2, you can delete
the %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\ folder as well

Alternatively (for the $NtServicePackUninstall$ folder):

If you make a backup of the folder to e.g. a CD, you can put it
back if you need to uninstall SP2. After restoring the backup,
run %windir%\$NtServicePackUninstall$\spuninst\spunins t.exe
to start the process.


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