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Or.Tsemah

Nov 21 2007, 02:31 PM

Hi, Does someone know which folder CCleaner cleans in order to get rid of unwanted WU files please ?

Or.

Disk4mat

Nov 23 2007, 06:38 AM

I think its: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

Or.Tsemah

Nov 23 2007, 01:13 PM

QUOTE(Disk4mat @ Nov 23 2007, 06:38 AM)

I think its: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

Great, Do you know which files inside the SoftwareDistribution Folder can i delete myself maybe ?

fredvries

Nov 23 2007, 01:55 PM

SoftwareDistribution can be safely and securely emptied by Dial-a-fix (created by DjLizard).

Downloadable here.

Glenn

Nov 23 2007, 02:00 PM

QUOTE(Or.Tsemah @ Nov 23 2007, 07:13 AM)

Great, Do you know which files inside the SoftwareDistribution Folder can i delete myself maybe ?

Personally, I wouldn't delete any manually or using CCleaner until you see if Windows takes care of it for you.

If Vista is like XP, C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download will clean itself automatically 10 days after the update. A few small files (no filename extension but they are actually txt files) may remain but they should just be the licenses for some of the upgrades and add-ons included in the updates.

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