Comments for Can NtUninstall folders be deleted?

Comment from Bill DeWitt on 2008-09-10

2008-09-10T11:23:18Z

I want to delete these, but not because of the space. I just don't want to have to scroll down five pages every time I look for something in the Windows directory. Is there a way to make them install themselves into a separate directory when they come in? Like put all the $ntunistall* folders in one "NtUninstall" folder?

Not automatically, no. But you could do that manually, I suppose.

-Leo

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Comment from Robert Syputa on 2008-08-02

2008-08-02T17:40:04Z

I backed up the NtUninstall files by year to 7zip compressed files in the Windows directory. The compressed files occupy less than 18% of the space and will be relatively easy to retrieve if needed. This probably isn't necessary because of the upgrade to SP3 but it is easy.

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2006-12-22

2006-12-22T17:55:01Z

Well... probably because they were in use by some other program and the burning software was unable to read them in order to write them to the DVD.

This article might help: http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_find_out_who_is_using_a_file_in_use.html

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Comment from Ben on 2006-12-12

2006-12-12T21:02:42Z

When copying to a dvd several directories were excluded because the burner program complained files in those directories where in use. How come?

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Comment from Dave on 2006-11-25

2006-11-25T19:50:10Z

lol...I just checked how much space is used on my computer for those folders....400 folders taking up 390 mb's, not enough too really worry about.

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Comment from Dan Ullman on 2006-11-21

2006-11-21T21:48:13Z

Is there any good way to get updates out of the ADD/Remove list?

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