can i get rid of the hotfixes backup?

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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?

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

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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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
Click to expand...

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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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
Click to expand...

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.
Click to expand...

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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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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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.
Click to expand...

Hmmmm.... methinks that would take a really good crystal ball!
 

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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.
Click to expand...

Hmmmm.... methinks that would take a really good crystal ball!
Click to expand...

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

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.
Click to expand...
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:sarc:
 

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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.
Click to expand...

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.
Click to expand...
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:sarc:
Click to expand...

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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CarlTR6 said:
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.
Click to expand...

Hmmmm.... methinks that would take a really good crystal ball!
Click to expand...

Obviously, if you have uninstalled a program and Ccleaner finds traces of it, it is pretty safe to delete those keys.
Click to expand...

:D I was referring to making the keys before the program is installed.
 

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ccleaner can rid of the hotfix backup in xp but not in w7

is not program that can i do it?
 

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