WU leaves strange folder in root

I finally installed the .NET 3.5 package through WU yesterday on my
XP SP2 computer. And then it gave me other updates, including
KB961118 which apprears to relate to printer drivers. After all
this I have a new folder left called:

E:\06b602b8cbd1353a0660e3d1084376

with subfolders amd64 and i386, each containing different versions
of the same 7 files, including:

; MSXPSDRV.INF
;
; Microsoft system driver files for XPSDrv print drivers.

Since all the files in this folder also now appear in
C:\Windows\System32, it looks like the strange folder was just an
intermediate location for installing the files, and could now be
deleted (should have been deleted by WU). Could someone confirm
that I can safely do that? Thanks.

Peabody wrote:

> I finally installed the .NET 3.5 package through WU yesterday on my
> XP SP2 computer. And then it gave me other updates, including
> KB961118 which apprears to relate to printer drivers. After all
> this I have a new folder left called:
>
> E:\06b602b8cbd1353a0660e3d1084376
>
> with subfolders amd64 and i386, each containing different versions
> of the same 7 files, including:
>
> ; MSXPSDRV.INF
> ;
> ; Microsoft system driver files for XPSDrv print drivers.
>
> Since all the files in this folder also now appear in
> C:\Windows\System32, it looks like the strange folder was just an
> intermediate location for installing the files, and could now be
> deleted (should have been deleted by WU). Could someone confirm
> that I can safely do that? Thanks.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951847/en-us
"List of changes and fixed issues in the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1".
Known issues -> see Issue 1 and Resolution.

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