eyesight check

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Gryllida <gryllida at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> No, it will be fine. Remove *only* the contents of c:\windows\temp -
>> all subfolders &c. Leave the folder itself & don't touch any others.
>
> Is Microsoft a fool to keep this folder when it's not needed? Maybe it IS
> needed?

Windows apps tend to be very bad at cleaning up after themselves and
Windows never makes any attempt to clean the folders on its own (as
far as I know, anyway; perhaps Windows 7 does.) It's just forgotten
junk, left behind by oversight.

>> >> Delete all the uninstall folders for Windows updates: they are called
>> >> ${name & number of update}$ in your c:\windows directory & are usually
>> >> compressed so show up in blue. Leave $hf_mig$ if it is present but get
>> >> rid of all the rest.
>> >
>> > I'm very much afraid to touch this. Windows OS will crash?
>>
>> Not if you are careful. *Only* take ones whose names begin with dollar
>> signs: $
>>
>> Stuff like this:
>>
>> $NtUninstallKB329115$
>>
>> or
>>
>> $NtUninstallKB905495-IE6SP1-20050805.184113$
>>
>> or
>>
>> $MSI31Uninstall_KB893803v2$
>>
>> It is perfectly safe. It just means you can no longer uninstall the
>> fixes. But why would you want to?
>
> Then what these files are for? Again, Microsoft is pointless, if you're
> right...

I have already answered this. They are to make it possible to
un-install patches & hotfixes. If you don't want to uninstall the
patch, you can delete the uninstall directory. & if the patch worked,
fixed a problem & everything still worked, why would you want to
uninstall it?


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