![]() ![]() ![]() The major downside of this script is the runtime: slightly over two hours even though this (i3) PC had a SSD. msi/.msp (installer) files and allows to either delete or move to another location (safe option).Well, I ran this as an experiment on an old office computer with Win7 and Office 2010. A tool specifically designed to help you with Windows/Installer directory files. Here is the solution for those users, PatchCleaner. PatchCleaner – Cleanup Windows Installer Files You can access your Windows \ Installer dirctory by entering following command at the run – %windir%\Installer The question does come, it is safe to delete Windows\Installer files? If yes, then how can we delete them? Here is your answer, Yes, you can virtually delete Installer files directly, but for that, you need to the know orphaned or obsolete files which are no longer required, unfortunately, its nearly impossible for non-tech savvy users to know those files which are safe to delete. Even after Windows has finished updating and patching, these installations files aren’t deleted or removed from the installer directory, causing it to grow in size over the time, wasting gigabytes of harddisk space. In order for Windows to update or patch the vulnerability, it has to download and store the files somewhere and for this purpose, a hidden directory called C:\Windows\installer is used to store the installation and patch files. The main reason for Windows drive eating up space over the time is Windows Updates and Patches. The first thing you would be doing is wondering why is the drive getting full even though you are not installing new software or tools or downloading any stuff to that drive. So you just noticed that your Windows drive is getting full and reaching its full capacity. ![]()
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