Raheem Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 After running CCleaner's registry cleaner, it shows me a lot (~100) of uninstall errors for Windows updates, like KB901214, KB917422,... is it safe to delete these entries or will I crash my system on the next boot doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithuk Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Well a lot of these Windows updates will be listed in Add/Remove programs, check in there for the KB numbers first. Smilie copies from a previous post of mine. Quote button not working, No simlies or upload button showing again on my works WinXP. Keith Windows XP 2002 SP3 IE 7.0 Martin2k Rorshach112 is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raheem Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Why does CCleaner list these updates if there aren't any errors with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 They are only listed because they take up space not because they have errors. Its in the Beginner's Guide under Hotfix Uninstallers: http://www.ccleanerbeginnersguide.com <== contains a wealth of information "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...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 18, 2008 Moderators Share Posted December 18, 2008 If you delete the Hotfix uninstallers CCleaner doesn't bother to also remove the uninstall information. Therefore just about any registry cleaner including the one in CCleaner will find invalid uninstall information. Note that CCleaner's registry cleaner doesn't find all of the invalid data, you could use RegSeeker to find the rest but be very careful using RegSeeker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 After running CCleaner's registry cleaner, it shows me a lot (~100) of uninstall errors for Windows updates, like KB901214, KB917422,... is it safe to delete these entries or will I crash my system on the next boot doing this? With so many Hot fixes coming out ,I would not use the Hot Uninstall cleaning option. You will not be able to uninstall a Hot fix that does not work for you. I have not had to uninstall a Hot fix yet but I have only been applying Hot fixes for the past year. Others may have more information about the need to uninstall a Hot fix. Best wishes, davey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krit86lr Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 You will not be able to uninstall a Hot fix that does not work for you. Technically, now that CCleaner ignores the $hf_mig$ folder you can still uninstall hotfixes after the uninstaller has been deleted. However, it is more work once the Uninstaller has been deleted, and unless you're an advanced user I would not suggest removing those folders. Windows Pro Media 8.1 x64 | 8GB Ram | 500G HDD 7200 RPM | All that I know about my graphics is that it's Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 18, 2008 Moderators Share Posted December 18, 2008 I have not had to uninstall a Hot fix yet but I have only been applying Hot fixes for the past year. Also it probably takes a year or longer just to accumulate enough of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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