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Free up space in the following folders: Office File Cache, $Recycle.Bin, and Software Distribution/Downloads

I need to open up space on my server and I noticed that the folder called Software Distribution/Downloads contains 40GB of information.  What is this folder used for and is it safe to delete everything in it?

Additionally, I notice that Office File Cache seems to have 16GB.  Is it safe to delete this folder and what is it used for?

One more.  I located a folder called $Recycle.bin that has 5GB of data in it.  I see my actual recycle bin shows nothing in it so what is this folder doing with all that data and is it safe to delete?

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Are you on a local machine, server, terminal server?  What is the enviornment?
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Small Business Server 2011
my answers stilll apply.    


Please let me know if you need more assistance.
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btw, how do you turn off windows update temporarily in order to delete those files?
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