$NtUninstallKB.........

These Folders in Windows are in Blue
Can these be deleted?
Where do they come from?

Told you all I am Useless!

Thanks Again
U

"useless" wrote in message
...
These Folders in Windows are in Blue
Can these be deleted?
Where do they come from?

Told you all I am Useless!

Thanks Again
U


They are from Critical Updates installs (windowsupdate.microsoft.com
usually). They are the files for uninstall of those updates. If all is
working well, they are safe to delete.

Hi

They are blue 'cos they are compressed. Those are the uninstall files for
the Windows Updates. If you are *certain* that you will not have uninstall
any of the Windows Updates, those folders can be deleted.

--


Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Please reply to the News Groups


"useless" wrote in message
...
These Folders in Windows are in Blue
Can these be deleted?
Where do they come from?

Told you all I am Useless!

Thanks Again
U

In addition:

These $Uninstall folders are created when you install a Microsoft =
Service Pack, a hotfix, or certain security updates. These folders =
contain the undo/uninstall information for the update you install. That =
means, you will be unable to remove an update in future, if you delete =
these folders. You may leave them there unless you need hard drive =
space. Each QXXXXXX represents an update from Microsoft. To know more =
about an update, type the URL in your browser: =
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3DXXXXXX
[Replace the XXXXXX with the actual numbers. Don't include the "Q" or =
"KB"]

Folders name with random characters appear after installing a Service =
Pack or hotfix?:=20
http://www.winxptutor.com/randomfolders.htm

--=20
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"useless" wrote in message =
...
These Folders in Windows are in Blue
Can these be deleted?
Where do they come from?

Told you all I am Useless!

Thanks Again
U

If you are *certain* that you will not have uninstall
any of the Windows Updates, those folders can be deleted.

I recommend a software tool called 'Update Cleanup' that makes it easy to delete these $NtUninstallKB folders and clean up the related Registry entries at the same time.

You should be able to find a copy at: http://shareware.us/update.htm

HTH,

yQ6F9T