Deleting Folders {$NtUninstall#######$}
Jisha
{$NtUninstallQ######$}and {$NtUninstallKB######$} folders from the WinNT
folder.
Having 58 of these folders, I plan to move them elsewhere until needed but
would like to verify some things first before deleting them for good.
1)
In Add/Remove programs, I've noticed a few Hotfixes having the same KB# as a
few of these folders.
Are these few particular folders still necessary for uninstalling these
hotfixes?
2)
Since I don't plan to uninstall any of these hotfixes, if I get rid of their
uninstall folders as well, will I be left with a "gummed-up" add/remove
programs - listing hotfixes which are no longer uninstallable?
If so, is there a way to just get rid of the reference to these hotfixes
from the add/remove programs list? ...where is this "list" maintained (or
compiled from)? ...is it simply a matter of deleting a registry item or some
other reference in a folder or file somewhere?
TIA
Chris
John John
as you don't intend to uninstall the hotfixes (and you shouldn't unless
they are giving you problems). Usually after a week or so you would
know if a hotfix causes problems. If you have no problems it's
completely safe to remove the folders. The uninstall entries in the
add/remove programs can be removed under this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
John
Jisha
"John John" <aude...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
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Enkidu
What John John said, and in addition see inline.
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:11:03 -0500, "Jisha" <fa...@exists.not> wrote:
>I understand from other threads here that it's OK to delete these
>{$NtUninstallQ######$}and {$NtUninstallKB######$} folders from the WinNT
>folder.
>
>Having 58 of these folders, I plan to move them elsewhere until needed but
>would like to verify some things first before deleting them for good.
>
>1)
>In Add/Remove programs, I've noticed a few Hotfixes having the same KB# as a
>few of these folders.
>Are these few particular folders still necessary for uninstalling these
>hotfixes?
>
Like John John said, if you need to uninstall the hot fixes you will
need the files.
>
>2)
>Since I don't plan to uninstall any of these hotfixes, if I get rid of their
>uninstall folders as well, will I be left with a "gummed-up" add/remove
>programs - listing hotfixes which are no longer uninstallable?
>
>If so, is there a way to just get rid of the reference to these hotfixes
>from the add/remove programs list? ...where is this "list" maintained (or
>compiled from)? ...is it simply a matter of deleting a registry item or some
>other reference in a folder or file somewhere?
>
"Gummed-up"? Since you don't intend to get rid of the hotfixes, you
don't need to worry. I'd not worry about removing them from add/remove
programs either - at least you can see what you have installed when a
new fix comes along that prereqs the old fix.
Like John John, said just wait a while after installing a fix and
remove the folders when you need space.
Cheers,
Cliff
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boine
>> I'd not worry about removing them from add/remove programs either
I would disagree. There's no reason to leave hotfix/patch strings in
the Add/Remove Programs list when you have no plans on uninstalling the
hotfix/patch.
I do have a suggestion for the original poster of the question, which
is to use a software tool designed specificially for deleting MS
hotfix/patches. I've used 'Update Cleanup' for almost a year now and
it works fine:
http://www.pcshareware.com/update.htm
Perhaps it might be of interest to someone.
Boine
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