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Windows Server Forum / Windows 2000 / Update / August 2006$NTUNinatall, $MSI..Unininstall, *.log, etc. files
Is there a way to remove the $NTUninstall, etc. stuff without losing the ability to recover files? Seems that most/many of the uninstall/log files created by windows/office update are not needed, but I've not seen a clean way to remove them. Copy the $NTUninstall folders to a CD or other external device and delete the folders from your drive. If you even need to uninstall something, copy the necessary folder back. If you decide you want one of those older files, you can simply pick it off the CD. > Is there a way to remove the $NTUninstall, etc. stuff without losing the > ability to recover files? > Seems that most/many of the uninstall/log files created by windows/office > update are not needed, but I've not seen a clean way to remove them.  SignatureGary L. Smith Columbus, Ohio > Copy the $NTUninstall folders to a CD or other external device and delete > the folders from your drive. If you even need to uninstall something, > copy the necessary folder back. If you decide you want one of those older > files, you can simply pick it off the CD. What about the entries in Add/Remove programs? Cannot just delete the files. > > Copy the $NTUninstall folders to a CD or other external device and delete > > the folders from your drive. If you even need to uninstall something, > > copy the necessary folder back. If you decide you want one of those older > > files, you can simply pick it off the CD. > What about the entries in Add/Remove programs? > Cannot just delete the files. You *can* just delete the files, if that's what you want. I've done that, leaving the registry entries alone. Of course, if you're really sure that you will never want to uninstall anything, you can delete those entries as well. If you were truly obsessive about backup, you might export those entries first and save them along with the uninstall folders. SignatureGary L. Smith Columbus, Ohio The answer might be in KB article 290402. |
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