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My C drive is 15 Gb and filling up mostly with the windows update uninstall folders.

Can I set up windows update to put these uninstall folders on a second drive with more space at the time the update takes place?

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flag	asked Aug 13 at 10:47 Paul 483●1●9 85% accept rate

	Darn that answer sure aint easy to find... I found the registry where someone claimed you could change the UNinstall folder, but not the install one... – Ivo♦ Aug 13 at 11:37
	Perhaps ask this on serverfault, they should know it there – Ivo♦ Aug 13 at 11:43
	Dupe: superuser.com/questions/22226/… – Rowland Shaw Aug 13 at 12:22
	@Rowland Shaw - I linked to that question in the original question, it was asked by me, and its not the same! One asks can I move existing uninstall folders without breaking an uninstall, this asks for a setting to always put future uninstall folders on the drive with more space. – Paul Aug 13 at 21:22

kmarsh · Answer 1 · 2009-08-17 18:36:32Z

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I know this doesn't answer your question, but... why are you keeping Windows [un]install folders? Simply delete them. Have you ever rolled back a Windows update?

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I agree... You should never have to uninstall an update. Wait for some days and if everything's ok you can remove them. You can use CCleaner (cleaner tools that remove temporary and unnecessary files), it has an option to remove them. – Julien N Aug 20 at 15:14

Col · Answer 2 · 2009-08-18 08:34:20Z

I think you're approaching this from the wrong end, I'd recommend making the C drive bigger. If it's a partition try using the gparted live CD from http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ to resize your partitions. If it's a hard drive I'd replace it. Sorry it's not a direct answer to your question.

meritico · Answer 3 · 2009-08-18 12:37:52Z

I agree with kmarsh about this that deleting them does sound like a good idea however i personal have had windows have errors due to the deletion of the uninstallers of this (don't ask me why). I would recommend backing them up before complete removal, then if there are no issues delete the backups as well.

P.S check out this guide to safely removing SP2 uninstallers.

Can I set up windows update to use the second drive for future updates?

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