Multitude of folders under "Windows"

[Trish Watson]

Greetings

Under my Windows directory are a number of folders with
names such as $NtUninstallKB821557$, is it necessary to
keep these?


TIA
Trish

[Mike Truitt [Microsoft]]

Trish,

These are the uninstall folders for the Windows Update patches that have
been applied to the system. In Add/Remove Programs, you should see a
removable patch that corresponds to each of the folders.

Best regards,

Mike Truitt
Microsoft Corporation

[Sir_George]

Trish,

If your system is performing properly, then you do not need to keep them.
They contain rollback files for patches that may cause problems.

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Sir_George
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"Trish Watson" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings
>
> Under my Windows directory are a number of folders with
> names such as $NtUninstallKB821557$, is it necessary to
> keep these?
>
>
> TIA
> Trish
>

[Ramesh]

Trish,

They are hotfix backup files/folders. You may remove the backup files (not
the actual hotfixes). Visit Doug's site:
www.dougknox.com has a utility to remove hotfix backup files. (Optional)

--
Regards,
Ramesh



"Trish Watson" > wrote in message
...
Greetings

Under my Windows directory are a number of folders with
names such as $NtUninstallKB821557$, is it necessary to
keep these?


TIA
Trish