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Housecleaning after SP2

 
 
Opinicus
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      08-10-2004
I've downloaded and installed SP2 and everything seems to be
running fine. In my C:\Windows folder I now have two
subfolders:

ServicePackFiles\i386\ 2121 files = 422,581 k
$NtServicePackUninstall$\ 419,764 k

Which (if either) of these can I get rid of?

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Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)
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      08-10-2004
Opinicus wrote:

> I've downloaded and installed SP2 and everything seems to be running
> fine. In my C:\Windows folder I now have two subfolders:
>
> ServicePackFiles\i386\ 2121 files = 422,581 k
> $NtServicePackUninstall$\ 419,764 k
>
> Which (if either) of these can I get rid of?

Hi

If you are sure that you do not need to uninstall SP2 again, you can
safely delete the $NtServicePackUninstall$\ folder (or burn it to a CD
first so you can copy it back later on if you need to uninstall SP2).


Do not delete the ServicePackFiles\i386\ folder, this is used by the
system if it needs to repair files or if you install additional OS
components.



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Opinicus
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      08-10-2004
"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-> wrote

> If you are sure that you do not need to uninstall SP2
> again, you can
> safely delete the $NtServicePackUninstall$\ folder (or
> burn it to a CD
> first so you can copy it back later on if you need to
> uninstall SP2).
> Do not delete the ServicePackFiles\i386\ folder, this is
> used by the
> system if it needs to repair files or if you install
> additional OS
> components.


Thanks Torgeir. That's pretty much what I suspected but I
wanted to be sure.

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