re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Wanda
(6 messages posted)
Okay, I'm sorry but you kind of lost me. What exactly do you mean by program directories?
In C:\Windows I don't have that folder. I have a bunch of hidden folders(some blue,
some black) there with different # , such as$NtuninstallallBK888302$. They contain
exe files, and dlls. Is this right? Also I seem to have more of those than what is
in the folder $hf_mig$ Is this right also. I also have some $NtuninstallallQ folders
with different #'s after the Q. Also except for the log files is is safe to delete
the other files mentioned in the article?
On Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 1:00 pm, Carol J wrote:
>
>That article is old, but the suggestion that it's safe to delete all .LOG files,
>is inaccurate. While many log files can safely be deleted, it's NOT OK to delete
>programs Install.log files. Those are needed in order to Uninstall the programs
properly.
>Otherwise, you'll need to reinstall them in order to Uninstall them.
>
>It's safe to delete programs directories, if the associated programs have
>been uninstalled. You can get rid of the intalled Hotfixes directories in this location.
>They'll be in blue: C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB905915$.
>
>That won't Uninstall the hotfixes, and those folders take up a lot of space needlessly.
>Keep in mind, you won't be able to Uninstall them, if for some reason you decide
>to later. So, when you install updates, leave those for a few weeks or so, just
in
>case.
>
>NOTE: Do NOT delete their associated folders in this directory. Leave these alone...
>C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$.
>
>
>
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