WIndows 2008 Update folders ($ folders)
Where are the $ folders that used to be directly under c:\Windows in previous verisons of Windows. I have several servers that are running very low on disk space and want to remove the older updated folders.
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You mention Vista in your reply, Is the same true for Server 2008?
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Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.
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The uninstall folder for each individual update no longer exists in Vista and the uninstall information is stored by Volume Shadow Copy service.
After every update, Volume Shadow Copy service only backs up the updated files.
So with Vista, it is a differential backup rather than a full backup of the uninstall files
in Windows XP.
This backup mechanism is used to save disk space.
So basically, you cannot manually remove the uninstall files from the computer.