can i get rid of the hotfixes backup?

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  1. Posts : 476
    windows 7 ultimate 64bit
       #1

    can i get rid of the hotfixes backup?


    Hi
    often my w7 updates
    well is there a way or a program to clean the backup?
    i mean i guess when w7 installs updates it keep the old files as backup

    at least ,xp did backup files after an update

    is there a program to get rid of invain backup?

    thanks
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  2. Posts : 1,506
    W7 Ult. x64 | OS X
       #2

    I really don't think that they take up much space, but it should be safe to delete them.

    Here's a forum topic discussing the matter in detail with Microsoft Professionals: Link

    Here's a link from the Vistax64 forums discussing it some more: Link

    If you really want to remove temporary files, download a program like CCleaner

       Warning
    If you download CCleaner, don't use the Registry Cleaner option
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  3. Posts : 1,170
    XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86
       #3

    notsograymatter said:
    I really don't think that they take up much space, but it should be safe to delete them.
    Actually every update force fed to you by Microsoft ends up on your system 3 times... The installed version, the reinstall version and the backup of the old files for system restore. Over time the bloat this causes can take up huge amounts of space on your system... I saw one XP installation, fully updated, with 1.2gb of operating system files and over 3gb of updates....

    These are generally stored in hidden folders (named for the updates) in the windows directory... IF you are not using system restore it is safe to delete them.
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  4. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #4

    notsograymatter said:
    I really don't think that they take up much space, but it should be safe to delete them.

    Here's a forum topic discussing the matter in detail with Microsoft Professionals: Link

    Here's a link from the Vistax64 forums discussing it some more: Link

    If you really want to remove temporary files, download a program like CCleaner

       Warning
    If you download CCleaner, don't use the Registry Cleaner option
    Since I always have, and I'm a long time user of CCleaner, used the Registry Cleaner capability of CCleaner AND I've never encountered any problems, I'd like to understand your adversity to the Registry Cleaner portion of CCleaner.
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  5. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #5

    karlsnooks said:
    notsograymatter said:
    I really don't think that they take up much space, but it should be safe to delete them.

    Here's a forum topic discussing the matter in detail with Microsoft Professionals: Link

    Here's a link from the Vistax64 forums discussing it some more: Link

    If you really want to remove temporary files, download a program like CCleaner

       Warning
    If you download CCleaner, don't use the Registry Cleaner option
    Since I always have, and I'm a long time user of CCleaner, used the Registry Cleaner capability of CCleaner AND I've never encountered any problems, I'd like to understand your adversity to the Registry Cleaner portion of CCleaner.
    Unless one is knowledgeable about the registry, cleaning the registry can create problems. Several keys show up Ccleaner on my installation as pointing to nothing. This is correct. I do not have the software/objects installed these point to. However, if I delete them and later install a program that needs these objects, I can be in trouble if I have deleted them. And, yes, it has happened. Most certainly there are keys that can be safely deleted.
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  6. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #6

    Interesting. Never have I run across the problem that a fresh install of a program was dependent upon entries made by a previous version into the registry.
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  7. Posts : 1,170
    XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86
       #7

    karlsnooks said:
    Interesting. Never have I run across the problem that a fresh install of a program was dependent upon entries made by a previous version into the registry.
    Hmmmm.... methinks that would take a really good crystal ball!
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  8. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #8

    CommonTater said:
    karlsnooks said:
    Interesting. Never have I run across the problem that a fresh install of a program was dependent upon entries made by a previous version into the registry.
    Hmmmm.... methinks that would take a really good crystal ball!
    Obviously, if you have uninstalled a program and Ccleaner finds traces of it, it is pretty safe to delete those keys.
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  9. Posts : 476
    windows 7 ultimate 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    CommonTater said:
    notsograymatter said:
    I really don't think that they take up much space, but it should be safe to delete them.
    Actually every update force fed to you by Microsoft ends up on your system 3 times... The installed version, the reinstall version and the backup of the old files for system restore. Over time the bloat this causes can take up huge amounts of space on your system... I saw one XP installation, fully updated, with 1.2gb of operating system files and over 3gb of updates....

    These are generally stored in hidden folders (named for the updates) in the windows directory... IF you are not using system restore it is safe to delete them.
    yes i agree
    but i 'm looking for a program to get rid of these backups
    ccleaner can do it under xp
    but not under 7
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    Posts : 4,166
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
       #10

    drugo said:
    CommonTater said:
    notsograymatter said:
    I really don't think that they take up much space, but it should be safe to delete them.
    Actually every update force fed to you by Microsoft ends up on your system 3 times... The installed version, the reinstall version and the backup of the old files for system restore. Over time the bloat this causes can take up huge amounts of space on your system... I saw one XP installation, fully updated, with 1.2gb of operating system files and over 3gb of updates....

    These are generally stored in hidden folders (named for the updates) in the windows directory... IF you are not using system restore it is safe to delete them.
    yes i agree
    but i 'm looking for a program to get rid of these backups
    ccleaner can do it under xp
    but not under 7
    The path of the installer is C:\Windows\Installer....but it is not like XP, when you unhidde the hidden folders, it does not show the updates. So i beleive when it got installed, only the installer in the path mentionned are left and the files are replaced during the windows update. When uninstall an update/hotfix it goes to the root folder to pick up the files. Much less place taken by the updates by now 7, If i'm correct!
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