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Over the past few days, some users have encountered an error while safely deleting Windows update files. This problem occurs due to a number of factors. Let’s discuss it now. Windows Update Cleanup: When you install updates from Windows Update, Windows keeps old versions of the structure files. This way you can uninstall the updates later. It is safe and protected from deletion as long as your PC workstation is working properly and you do not uninstall any updates.
It’s really safe to delete files deleted by recovery, but you can’t roll back Windows updates with Windows Update Cleanup.
If your computer is working fine and has stopped working for a while, I’m not going to refuse to clean it. I suffer from this every day on all my systems.
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Hi Jim
This is new because a recent Windows update added it to the Disk Cleanup utility.
This method removes all obsolete and redundant files installed in a specific component store (Winsxs folder).
Users can continue to grow the size of this folder since the release of Windows 7.
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It’s still safe and as you can see it frees up a lot of disk space.
In the next article, you will get a detailed understanding of this new cleaning option and get a solid quick start guideon its use.
An update is available that allows you to remove outdated Windows updates using a new option in the Disk Cleanup Wizard in Windows 7 SP1:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2852386/en-us
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Dear Lead3! When it comes to answering someone for help, you definitely won’t have a trace in your pants. Thanks a lot, I think you answered my question within 10 minutes of posting! In fact, after installing 30 updates Windows 10.09.13 I.you have a PC problem, Chess Titans blinks too often to display the screen behind (my desktop), and system tray icon “shuffle ” a little, followed by readable barley” Chess Titans not responding ” in the upper left corner of the show screen (“Title bar “)! So now I don’t want to get rid of Windows Update Cleanup! I have AutoCAD 2010 and Microsoft Office 2011 on the same computer, Word is working fine, I haven’t explored a number of other parts of the package yet. The same Windows sound icon open in X’d RED, but it works after visiting and moving the slide. However, this approach may be due to an issue that persists for a year, where all Select My Partner icons are not always displayed at startup. I eat a different user account on the same computer and the same chess set Titans work there first class! ANDI wonder WHAT!
Thanks for the quick and grateful reply, Jim Colvin
PS When I watched Chess Titans work, my other user account (on the same computer) also worked. But I got a pop-up on my Bing page: “Canon Webprint easy EX BHO is incompatible with Internet Explorer and temporarily disabled. “with two buttons to the right of that straw yellow strip 1) check for updates or 2) leave the site disabled. I have a Canon Pixma 495 printer and had to update its program about 6 months ago because it was ruining my Microsoft Word 2010. but thanks to Help Here in the community I received several responses, one of which was about updating Canon’s printer software! Who would have thought?
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Speed up your computer's performance now with this simple download.
Temp folder.Hibernation file.Rubbish.I downloaded the program files.Old files in the Windows folder.Windows updates folder.
To clear the update store cache, go to the folder – C: Windows SoftwareDistribution Download.Press Ctrl + A and the Delete key to delete all files and therefore folders.
If the Windows update was successful and the system is working properly, you can safely delete this instructions folder. To delete the Windows 10 upgrade folder, simply uninstall the Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant. Note: Use Disk Cleanup to delete this folder.