Hi,
under XP, backup files from Windows Updates where hidden in the System
directory under a name like $NT_9834928743990

I'd like to clean up Win 7 from all backup updates.
Where are they stored? Directory? Filenaming convention?

Thanks for any help

Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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"Steve JORDI" <stevejordiK__I_L_LSP_AM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> under XP, backup files from Windows Updates where hidden in the System
> directory under a name like $NT_9834928743990
>
> I'd like to clean up Win 7 from all backup updates.
> Where are they stored? Directory? Filenaming convention?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Sincerely,
> Steve JORDI

Go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and features > Installed Updates.

 

"Steve JORDI" <stevejordiK__I_L_LSP_AM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> under XP, backup files from Windows Updates where hidden in the System
> directory under a name like $NT_9834928743990
>
> I'd like to clean up Win 7 from all backup updates.
> Where are they stored? Directory? Filenaming convention?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Sincerely,
> Steve JORDI
>

It looks like they're here:
CWindows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

 

Dave,
thanks, yes, I think that those are the patches...
I'll move them somewhere else and see whether everything is fine
without them.


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Steve JORDI

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>Go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and features > Installed Updates.

I was talking about the files themselves, like the $NTnnnn directories
in Windows XP.
The control panel will just show a list of what has been installed.
Those are not the actual files themselves. Thanks anyway.


Sincerely,
Steve JORDI

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