Can I delete Files on C:\Windows\Installer ?

[Jasonholt]

Is it safe to delete the Files on C:\Windows\Installer ? I'm having just a little space on C: and I just noticed with filePro there was almost 1GB of data in that folder. Thank you

[nitesh mehta]

You would better not delete it, because you will not be able to uninstall some software without their uninstallers. It contains the installers / uninstallers software that are installed on Windows and I also think it contains all the installers for any updates to Windows.

[newtech]

The only safe method to remove Installer files is to use the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility:

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301

Its perfectly okay to delete those stuff.
you can even delete the whole folder if you wish.

[JAMES_911]

You can also add space to your disk or partition by using the command linkd (Windows Resource Kit)

C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools>linkd

Links an NTFS directory to a target valid object name in Windows 2000.

LINKD Source [/D] Destination

Source - Displays the Windows 2000 name targeted by Source

Source Destination - Links source directory to Destination directory or a
Windows 2000 device or any valid Windows 2000 name

Source /D - Deletes Source, regardless of whether a link exists at
source

/? - Prints this help message

LINKD grafts (links) the target name directly into the name space at Source, so that Source subsequently acts as a name space junction. The Source directory must reside on a disk formatted with NTFS in Windows 2000. The destination (the target of the link) can be any valid directory name or device name or valid object name in Windows 2000. When the target name does not resolve to a directory or a device, open calls fail.

All characters in both the Source and Destination names must be in the ASCII character set. Usage of arbitrary Unicode characters is not supported.

Type "LINKD /? | more" if you need to see all the help text