There are 42 folders in my c:/.../WINDOWS folder titled
"$NtUninstallKBnnnnnn$" where the n's are a sequence of numbers. Each of
these folders have one subfolder titled "spuninst". Are these redundant and
can I remove them from my c-drive?

In C838C577-69C6-4C7B-B5D1-3B6FEBBE8E9E@microsoft.com
peterjay(remove this)@telus.net wrote:
> There are 42 folders in my c:/.../WINDOWS folder titled
> "$NtUninstallKBnnnnnn$" where the n's are a sequence of
> numbers. Each of these folders have one subfolder titled
> "spuninst". Are these redundant and can I remove them from
> my c-drive?

Those folders were created when an update to Windows was
installed. If you delete the folder you will not be able to
uninstall the update. A good rule of thumb is to wait a couple
of weeks, see how your system reacts to the update and then
delete the folder if everything's running OK.

Do not delete the folder named $hf_mig$.

Nepatsfan

Those are the uninstall files for the installed updates and they can be
safely deleted:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"peterjay(remove this)@telus.net" <peterjay(remove
this)@telus.net@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> There are 42 folders in my c:/.../WINDOWS folder titled
> "$NtUninstallKBnnnnnn$" where the n's are a sequence of numbers. Each of
> these folders have one subfolder titled "spuninst". Are these redundant
> and
> can I remove them from my c-drive?

Exactly right. Note that a good way to delete them when ready is to use the
utility from http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm
It will also automatically remove them from the Control Panel Add/Remove
listing (otherwise you have to select to uninstall each and answer a prompt
to remove from the list.).
--

"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@SBXXXIX.com> wrote in message
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> In C838C577-69C6-4C7B-B5D1-3B6FEBBE8E9E@microsoft.com
> peterjay(remove this)@telus.net wrote:
>> There are 42 folders in my c:/.../WINDOWS folder titled
>> "$NtUninstallKBnnnnnn$" where the n's are a sequence of
>> numbers. Each of these folders have one subfolder titled
>> "spuninst". Are these redundant and can I remove them from
>> my c-drive?
>
> Those folders were created when an update to Windows was installed. If you
> delete the folder you will not be able to uninstall the update. A good
> rule of thumb is to wait a couple of weeks, see how your system reacts to
> the update and then delete the folder if everything's running OK.
>
> Do not delete the folder named $hf_mig$.
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>
>

In order to remove them from the "Add/Remove Program" list, you also can go
to the registry entries in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall

and delete the KBnnnnnn entries there also.

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> Those are the uninstall files for the installed updates and they can be
> safely deleted:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
> http://www.dts-l.org
>
>
> "peterjay(remove this)@telus.net" <peterjay(remove
> this)@telus.net@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C838C577-69C6-4C7B-B5D1-3B6FEBBE8E9E@microsoft.com...
> > There are 42 folders in my c:/.../WINDOWS folder titled
> > "$NtUninstallKBnnnnnn$" where the n's are a sequence of numbers. Each of
> > these folders have one subfolder titled "spuninst". Are these redundant
> > and
> > can I remove them from my c-drive?
>
>
>