Are these backed up files useful to retain, or can they be deleted and disk space freed up? All of the updates will be listed there by date. However, if a number of days and weeks pass and your computer is running fine, then there should be no more need to keep those backed up old files on your hard drive. But since these files are stored in hidden folders, it may not be obvious to the average user how to delete the folders and their accompanying files. Here are 5 tools and a manual method that you can use to easily delete backup files that were created when installing a Windows hotfix or service pack update.
It can also be used to uninstall Windows updates. Removing the backup folders makes it impossible to uninstall the Windows updates so you need to be sure there are no problems first. So you can safely remove the backup folders for updates that are more than a few weeks old, and recover the lost disk space which could run into hundreds of Megabytes.
Then click the Analyze to see how much space you can save first or just click Run Cleaner. Download CCleaner. This is small Visual Basic script we came across when searching the internet and it performs the simple task of looking for the hotfix backups, and deleting them if confirmed.
All you have to do is run the tool and it will pop up a list of what hotfix uninstall packages can be deleted, click OK to continue and remove or Cancel. Download Updates Uninstaller Removal Tool. Hello, what kind of software did you use?
Gary, When you decide that you need to delete an old backup set and start fresh, it is recommended that you first open OneCare and start a new full backup.
Let it complete. Use the Restore function in OneCare to verify that you are able to view the files and perhaps even restore a single file or folder. Then navigate to the backup destination folder to delete the old backups. The easiest way to perform this action in any version of Windows XP is to navigate to the backup location, and right click on the folder set you wish to remove, taking care to select the older backup set and not the one just made.
In the right click menu, select Sharing and Security. When the Sharing and Security tab of the Properties dialog comes up, place a check mark in the middle section - "Share this folder on the network.
And place a check mark in "allow network users to change files. This utility is developed by DougKnox. This has the effect of deleting both the folder and its corresponding uninstall entry. The discontinued paid upgrade did allow you to select individual backups for removal.
Download Remove Hotfix Backups. This will work but it is not as complete as using the Update Cleanup tool because of the Internet Explorer updates that program can delete as well. But deleting the folders manually does a similar job to Update Remover and CCleaner. Click on the Show updates box and then find each update in the uninstall list, choose to Remove the update. Simply select Yes and the hotfix uninstaller has now been removed.
CCleaner obviously works as a cleaning tool on those operating systems but the Hotfix Uninstaller checkbox will not be available. Dear Raymond, Thank you SO much for this great article and the tools to get rid of those unwanted files. Gosh, every time I turn off my computer, it starts trying to update itself, but there are some old update files that are apparently no longer supported by Windows, and they can hang my computer up all night long and prevent it from shutting down because it keeps trying to get beyond those files.
I was in utter despair about this, not knowing what to do to resolve it, so at least now I have something I hope will help take care of this.
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