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From: ~misfit~ on 25 Apr 2010 03:24
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Steve Giannoni wrote:
> Well I just wanted to tidy things up a bit, but the deletions or
> whatever must be done seperately on each folder, and 200 is just too
> much of a chore ...

Ummm, they should be sequentially listed. Hold shift, left click the first
one, go to the last and left click that and all the folders in between
should now be highlighted. Let go of shift, right click any of the
highlighted folders and then click 'delete' (Or maybe 'cut' and burn them to
a CD / DVD?)
--
Shaun.

"When we dream.... that's just our brains defragmenting" G Jackson

> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:44:59 -0400, "Ian D" <taurus(a)nowhereatall.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
>> news:7ae3t5ttbdcvjs688030nptbdjnoo7ngir(a)4ax.com...
>>> OK, I've got SP3.
>>>
>>> Why so many uninstall folders?
>>>
>>> Which can I delete?
>>>
>> If you have no intentions of uninstalling any, which
>> you must know by now, you can delete them, or move
>> them to a backup drive if you want to be safe. I just
>> checked my old laptop that has XP SP3, and it has over
>> 200 of those folders. I'm beginning to think I deleted
>> all those uninstall folders from my desktop PC after I
>> installed SP3.
>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:54:38 -0400, "Ian D"
>>> <taurus(a)nowhereatall.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:7rb3t5ljeip4j5qcohb91ealgp61atl8ts(a)4ax.com...
>>>>> How can I confirm if I have SP3 installed?
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I ID the service pack uninstall folders?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> In Windows Explorer, go to Help > About. It will tell
>>>> you the SP level of your XP installation. With the
>>>> number of uninstall folders you have, you probably
>>>> only have SP2 installed. With SP3, I only have 62
>>>> uninstall folders, and I have most of the updates since
>>>> SP3.
>>>>
>>>> If you don't want to install SP3, you could start deleting
>>>> the uninstall folders, starting with the oldest, which may
>>>> be no longer uninstallable, anyway. Don't go by the KB
>>>> numbers, as they are not assigned by chronological date.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:26:30 -0400, "Ian D"
>>>>> <taurus(a)nowhereatall.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:pcp1t51l9m4o5e2gsggiagi3al2qe89cgg(a)4ax.com...
>>>>>>> Thanks for info. Sounds like the folders should be left alone.
>>>>>>> But then, I've got over 200 of these folders ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:54:22 -0400, Paul <nospam(a)needed.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Steve Giannoni wrote:
>>>>>>>>> My Windows folder has a multitude of sub-folders named
>>>>>>>>> $NtUninstallKB******$ where *=seemingly random numbers. What
>>>>>>>>> are these
>>>>>>>>> and can I safely delete them? Pentium IV running Windows XP
>>>>>>>>> home. Any
>>>>>>>>> help greatly appreciated and thanks! ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> They're your Windows Updates for things like Security Updates.
>>>>>>>> If you needed to uninstall a Security Update from the
>>>>>>>> Add/Remove programs thing, then that folder would be needed
>>>>>>>> for the uninstall.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The next time you're in Windows Update, look at the numbers of
>>>>>>>> the security updates. They're "KB987654" type numbers,
>>>>>>>> matching the kind of thing you're seeing. KB stands for
>>>>>>>> KnowledgeBase and
>>>>>>>> you can look up the KB987654 type things, here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you have that many uninstall folders, you obviously
>>>>>> don't have XP SP3 installed. When SP3 is installed, it will
>>>>>> remove all the update files that are included in SP3. If you
>>>>>> never intend to uninstall updates, you can safely delete
>>>>>> those folders. Do not touch $hf_mig$, or the service pack
>>>>>> uninstall folders..



From: Steve Giannoni on 25 Apr 2010 09:54
That works with files, not folders ...

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:24:14 +1200, "~misfit~"
<sore_n_happy(a)nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote:

>Somewhere on teh intarwebs Steve Giannoni wrote:
>> Well I just wanted to tidy things up a bit, but the deletions or
>> whatever must be done seperately on each folder, and 200 is just too
>> much of a chore ...
>
>Ummm, they should be sequentially listed. Hold shift, left click the first
>one, go to the last and left click that and all the folders in between
>should now be highlighted. Let go of shift, right click any of the
>highlighted folders and then click 'delete' (Or maybe 'cut' and burn them to
>a CD / DVD?)
From: Ian D on 25 Apr 2010 22:09

"Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
news:g9i8t51hgo9ffbdmskph9aufep1kkdtjo5(a)4ax.com...
> That works with files, not folders ...
>
Of course it works with folders. I do it all the time. You
delete the folders in the viewing pane, not the folders pane,
where it is one folder at a time.


> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:24:14 +1200, "~misfit~"
> <sore_n_happy(a)nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Somewhere on teh intarwebs Steve Giannoni wrote:
>>> Well I just wanted to tidy things up a bit, but the deletions or
>>> whatever must be done seperately on each folder, and 200 is just too
>>> much of a chore ...
>>
>>Ummm, they should be sequentially listed. Hold shift, left click the first
>>one, go to the last and left click that and all the folders in between
>>should now be highlighted. Let go of shift, right click any of the
>>highlighted folders and then click 'delete' (Or maybe 'cut' and burn them
>>to
>>a CD / DVD?)


From: ~misfit~ on 26 Apr 2010 06:33
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Ian D wrote:
> "Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:g9i8t51hgo9ffbdmskph9aufep1kkdtjo5(a)4ax.com...
>> That works with files, not folders ...
>>
> Of course it works with folders. I do it all the time. You
> delete the folders in the viewing pane, not the folders pane,
> where it is one folder at a time.

Thank you Ian. It seems that some people actively resist being helped.
--
Shaun.

"When we dream.... that's just our brains defragmenting" G Jackson

>> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:24:14 +1200, "~misfit~"
>> <sore_n_happy(a)nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Steve Giannoni wrote:
>>>> Well I just wanted to tidy things up a bit, but the deletions or
>>>> whatever must be done seperately on each folder, and 200 is just
>>>> too much of a chore ...
>>>
>>> Ummm, they should be sequentially listed. Hold shift, left click
>>> the first one, go to the last and left click that and all the
>>> folders in between should now be highlighted. Let go of shift,
>>> right click any of the highlighted folders and then click 'delete'
>>> (Or maybe 'cut' and burn them to
>>> a CD / DVD?)



From: Steve Giannoni on 26 Apr 2010 09:43
Sorry, I still don't see it. Could you please elaborate. I was/am
starting from the Windows explorer, etc.

On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:09:05 -0400, "Ian D" <taurus(a)nowhereatall.com>
wrote:

>
>"Steve Giannoni" <casagiannoni(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
>news:g9i8t51hgo9ffbdmskph9aufep1kkdtjo5(a)4ax.com...
>> That works with files, not folders ...
>>
>Of course it works with folders. I do it all the time. You
>delete the folders in the viewing pane, not the folders pane,
>where it is one folder at a time.
>
>
>> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:24:14 +1200, "~misfit~"
>> <sore_n_happy(a)nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>>Somewhere on teh intarwebs Steve Giannoni wrote:
>>>> Well I just wanted to tidy things up a bit, but the deletions or
>>>> whatever must be done seperately on each folder, and 200 is just too
>>>> much of a chore ...
>>>
>>>Ummm, they should be sequentially listed. Hold shift, left click the first
>>>one, go to the last and left click that and all the folders in between
>>>should now be highlighted. Let go of shift, right click any of the
>>>highlighted folders and then click 'delete' (Or maybe 'cut' and burn them
>>>to
>>>a CD / DVD?)
>
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