Which ntuninstall files can i delete

What's new. New posts New profile posts Latest activity. Current visitors New profile posts Search profile posts Billboard Trophies.

Forums Software Windows Legacy. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Previous Next. Guest Guest. Archived from groups: microsoft. Hi, I have mb ish of these above files in my windows directory. Assuming i'm happy with the system and have no desire to roll back any of my Windows Updates, can I safely remove these files?

I'm low on disk space, but can't figure out why, so these are the first to get the chop! Rgds, Dan. You may just want to delete those say with folder dates older than 30 days. On this date, Connor T extended this wisdom for the consideration of other readers There's two other MB stealers: 1 Restore Points.

On this date, David H. Lipman extended this wisdom for the consideration of other readers Maybe so, but IE ignores the setting for how much disk space you want allocated and just goes on a HD spending spree by putting the files into some kind of hidden area in the temp folder. How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. There is no "debate" about whether these files should be removed. In reply to Malkeleah's post on June 13, I just wanted to exert caution, as if the user ever had any problems with updates then they could delete them easily, but thanks for your comments.

Just my opinion CJ. In reply to CJRhoads's post on June 13, Sorry if I wasn't precise enough for you. On many of my clients' machines the hotfix uninstallers go back for years, many of them predating the installed Service Packs. I see no problem deleting those. As for the log file, I have no idea to which log file the OP is referring so can't answer that. Since he didn't tell us what the problem is that the log is involved with, I didn't address it.

Again, I should have been more precise and asked the OP to explain what problem he was trying to solve. And I agree with you about CCleaner. I personally feel that this is a bit too much and decided to delete those folders. I really can't think of a situation why I wanted to uninstall a Microsoft update that I installed a while ago. Note that leftovers remain in the Windows Registry if you delete the files manually.

To remove those as well, do the following before you delete the folders:. There is a second option which is by far the better option in most cases. You can run the Disk Cleanup Tool to remove old patches from your system to free up space. Click on the ok button to start the process. As you can see, Windows may be able to free lots of storage on the system. In fact, these folders are also created when Automatic Updates install, NOT only if you install a patch manually.

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Please click on the following link to open the newsletter signup page: Ghacks Newsletter Sign up. Ghacks is a technology news blog that was founded in by Martin Brinkmann. It has since then become one of the most popular tech news sites on the Internet with five authors and regular contributions from freelance writers.