Vista Tutorial - OS Update uninstall files

How can you delete the update uninstall files in Vista.

They were visible in XP but have been put elsewhere
in Vista.

Thanks!!

keith

Hey Keith,

Here are the steps to find your updates:

From Control Panel select Programs and Features.
On the left pane select the View installed updates option.
R-click on the update you want to uninstall and select Uninstall.

Good luck,
CM

"Keith B. Rosenberg" wrote:

> How can you delete the update uninstall files in Vista.
>
> They were visible in XP but have been put elsewhere
> in Vista.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> keith
>

"cute martian" wrote
> Hey Keith,
>
> Here are the steps to find your updates:
>
> From Control Panel select Programs and Features.
> On the left pane select the View installed updates option.
> R-click on the update you want to uninstall and select Uninstall.
>
> Good luck,

> "Keith B. Rosenberg" wrote:
>
>> How can you delete the update uninstall files in Vista.
>>
>> They were visible in XP but have been put elsewhere
>> in Vista.

I don't think that's not what the OP is asking. He wants to delete the
uninstall folders, not the updates themselves. To the OP, that's a good
question. I don't know where they are in Vista. You might want to post to
the Windows Update newsgroup.
microsoft.public.windowupdate

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Thanks for the reply. You are correct that I
want to get rid of the uninstalls for things
updated. In XP they were folders in the
"Windows" folder prefaced with a
dollar sign ($). You could manually delete
them to free up space. And this is very
necessary on older XP installations as I
have seen well over a GB of these uninstall
folders. More than a hundred uninstall folders
for things the user will never need to uninstall.

I will see if I can post the question to the
group you mentioned.

Thanks again!!


"Rock" <Rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "cute martian" wrote
>> Hey Keith,
>>
>> Here are the steps to find your updates:
>>
>> From Control Panel select Programs and Features.
>> On the left pane select the View installed updates option.
>> R-click on the update you want to uninstall and select Uninstall.
>>
>> Good luck,
>
>> "Keith B. Rosenberg" wrote:
>>
>>> How can you delete the update uninstall files in Vista.
>>>
>>> They were visible in XP but have been put elsewhere
>>> in Vista.
>
> I don't think that's not what the OP is asking. He wants to delete the
> uninstall folders, not the updates themselves. To the OP, that's a good
> question. I don't know where they are in Vista. You might want to post
> to the Windows Update newsgroup.
> microsoft.public.windowupdate
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Keith B. Rosenberg" wrote
> Thanks for the reply. You are correct that I
> want to get rid of the uninstalls for things
> updated. In XP they were folders in the
> "Windows" folder prefaced with a
> dollar sign ($). You could manually delete
> them to free up space. And this is very
> necessary on older XP installations as I
> have seen well over a GB of these uninstall
> folders. More than a hundred uninstall folders
> for things the user will never need to uninstall.
>
> I will see if I can post the question to the
> group you mentioned.

You're welcome. If you get an answer could you post it here? Thanks

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]