okay to remove $NtUninstallKbxxxxxx$??

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Hey

The windows directory of my win2k3 machine has plenty of folders (in blue
color) with names like $ExchUninstallKBxxxx$,
$NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$ and $NtUninstallKBxxxx$

These folders take up about 800MB on the server. From what I know these
folders contain info so patch can be uninstalled.. but I'm satisfied with
how the system works right now and have no planes of uninstalling those
win2k3 patches...

Is it okay to remove those folders or will it cause some other problems?
Maybe I instead could burn those folders onto a DVD... so burn them to DVD
and then delete them from Windows directory?

Jeff
 
Re: okay to remove $NtUninstallKbxxxxxx$??

Hello Jeff,

If you are sure that you will not uninstall the patches you can delete them.
If you like to keep them you can ofcourse burn them to disk. You can also
check the softwaredistribution folder for the size. Also that content you
can safely delete, it will be recreated when you update the server again
from MS website. For deleting stop the automatic update service.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.

> Hey
>
> The windows directory of my win2k3 machine has plenty of folders (in
> blue color) with names like $ExchUninstallKBxxxx$,
> $NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$ and $NtUninstallKBxxxx$
>
> These folders take up about 800MB on the server. From what I know
> these folders contain info so patch can be uninstalled.. but I'm
> satisfied with how the system works right now and have no planes of
> uninstalling those win2k3 patches...
>
> Is it okay to remove those folders or will it cause some other
> problems? Maybe I instead could burn those folders onto a DVD... so
> burn them to DVD and then delete them from Windows directory?
>
> Jeff
>
 
Re: okay to remove $NtUninstallKbxxxxxx$??

Hello,

i prefer to use this script that also clean up the registry and let some
vital folder that may be removed by mistake:

Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
sWinDir = oFSO.GetSpecialFolder(0)
Set oFolder = oFSO.GetFolder(sWinDir)
Set oDictionary = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")

For Each oSubFolder In oFolder.SubFolders

sFolderName = LCase(oSubFolder.Name)
sFolderPath = LCase(oSubFolder.Path)

If Left(sFolderName, 13) = "$ntuninstallq" _
Or Left(sFolderName, 14) = "$ntuninstallkb" Then

' get the update name for the registry delete
sUpdateName = Mid(sFolderName, 13, Len(sFolderName) - 13)

' never delete folders/files while enumerating a file/folder collection
' adds them to a dictionary object for later handling instead
oDictionary.Add sUpdateName, sFolderPath

End If
Next

sDeleted = ""
For Each sUpdateName In oDictionary.Keys

sDeleted = sDeleted & vbCrLf & sUpdateName
sFolderPath = oDictionary.Item(sUpdateName)

On Error Resume Next
' remove entry in Add/Remove Programs
oShell.RegDelete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\" _
& "CurrentVersion\Uninstall\" & sUpdateName & "\"
On Error Goto 0

' delete the uninstall folder
oShell.Run "%Comspec% /C RD /S /Q " _
& Chr(34) & sFolderPath & Chr(34), 0, True
Next



--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:ff16fb66561a28c9c73530e903e6@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Hello Jeff,
>
> If you are sure that you will not uninstall the patches you can delete
> them. If you like to keep them you can ofcourse burn them to disk. You can
> also check the softwaredistribution folder for the size. Also that content
> you can safely delete, it will be recreated when you update the server
> again from MS website. For deleting stop the automatic update service.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
>
>> Hey
>>
>> The windows directory of my win2k3 machine has plenty of folders (in
>> blue color) with names like $ExchUninstallKBxxxx$,
>> $NtServicePackUninstallNLSDownlevelMapping$ and $NtUninstallKBxxxx$
>>
>> These folders take up about 800MB on the server. From what I know
>> these folders contain info so patch can be uninstalled.. but I'm
>> satisfied with how the system works right now and have no planes of
>> uninstalling those win2k3 patches...
>>
>> Is it okay to remove those folders or will it cause some other
>> problems? Maybe I instead could burn those folders onto a DVD... so
>> burn them to DVD and then delete them from Windows directory?
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>
>
 
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