IuK Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Hi, TuneUp 2008 detects about 450 Mb Windows Update Backups, even CCleaner has cleaned all Windows Hotfixes. These should also be deleted with CCleaner. Kind regards, IuK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted January 1, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 1, 2008 TuneUp 2008 will delete them, but it is risky. MrG has talked to Microsoft personally and they agreed to not delete certain hotfixes. Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTskifreak Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 O.o...who..how high up we talking about TwistedMetal...not the man himself Bill Gates, I presume . LOL JK AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators TwistedMetal Posted January 1, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 1, 2008 It's the same people you call on them 1-800 numbers for support. They barely speak English and are from India or something. Your Friendly Neighborhood Piriform Forum Moderator Quick Links: CCleaner Products | CCleaner Documentation | Knowledge Center | Downloads | Lost License Key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 TuneUp 2008 detects about 450 Mb Windows Update Backups, even CCleaner has cleaned all Windows Hotfixes. A large chunk of that will probably be the $hf_mig$ folder (mine is currently around 270Mb) and I have had major issues caused by deleting that a couple of times in the past, so trust CCleaner to know what it's doing in that regard (or learn the hard way from your own mistakes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarstenSchuette Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 A large chunk of that will probably be the $hf_mig$ folder (mine is currently around 270Mb) and I have had major issues caused by deleting that a couple of times in the past, so trust CCleaner to know what it's doing in that regard (or learn the hard way from your own mistakes) Normally, all $-Directories in Windows folder are temporary and can be deleted without problems. Of course, you cannot uninstall hotfixes. But what about cleaning up the "<windows>\SoftwareDistribution\Download" directory? Carsten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 But what about cleaning up the "<windows>\SoftwareDistribution\Download" directory? I agree with that. "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Normally, all $-Directories in Windows folder are temporary and can be deleted without problems. Well I had an issue after deleting the $hf_mig$ folder where an update reappeared in Windows Update and couldn't be installed. No matter what I did, and I tried everything, I couldn't install it (or maybe get Windows to recognise it was installed). Ended up reinstalling Windows to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredvries Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 But what about cleaning up the "<windows>\SoftwareDistribution\Download" directory? Like this? [*Windows Update Logs] LangSecRef=3025 DetectFile=%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs Default=False FileKey1=%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs|*.* FileKey2=%windir%\SoftwareDistribution\Download|*.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 4, 2008 Moderators Share Posted February 4, 2008 Dial-a-fix will also clean out the Software Distribution folder as well simply by clicking the Flush SoftwareDistribution button. Screenshot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredvries Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Which means that CCleaner could safely remove the entire content of SoftwareDistribution... Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted February 5, 2008 Moderators Share Posted February 5, 2008 I did it a couple of times myself last year using Dial-a-fix and surprise it didn't break anything. The only thing though I don't remember if Dial-a-fix is stopping and starting a service in order to do it, and I'm not sure if Dial-a-fix is wiping the whole folder contents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I did it a couple of times myself last year using Dial-a-fix and surprise it didn't break anything. The only thing though I don't remember if Dial-a-fix is stopping and starting a service in order to do it, and I'm not sure if Dial-a-fix is wiping the whole folder contents. I have manually deleted the contents of that folder and the logs folder a few times with no ill effect, though I seem to remember reading a restart may be necessary before next visiting Windows Update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwillener Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Well I had an issue after deleting the $hf_mig$ folder where an update reappeared in Windows Update and couldn't be installed. No matter what I did, and I tried everything, I couldn't install it (or maybe get Windows to recognise it was installed). Ended up reinstalling Windows to fix it. The $hf_mig$ folder is needed by MicrosoftUpdate to know what fixes and module versions are installed. If this information is unavailable, MicrosoftUpdate may accidentally overwrite newer modules with older ones. This folder must not be deleted, otherwise MU cannot function correctly any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthseeker Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Well I had an issue after deleting the $hf_mig$ folder where an update reappeared in Windows Update and couldn't be installed. No matter what I did, and I tried everything, I couldn't install it (or maybe get Windows to recognise it was installed). Ended up reinstalling Windows to fix it. If you buy Acronis Trueimage, you never have to reinstall Windows again. In 10 minutes you are up and running again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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