Windows Installer Directory When applications are installed and updated on the Windows Operating System a hidden directory 'c: Windows Installer' is used to store the installer (.msi) files and the patch (.msp) files. Generally these files are important as during updating, patching or uninstalling software it will use the.msi/.msp files.

Aug 31, 2017  I would like to inform you that, it is not recommended to delete Windows Installer Patch Files. The Windows Installer Cache, located in c: windows installer folder, is used to store important files for applications installed using the Windows Installer technology and should not be deleted. You cannot be able to move $PatchCache$ to other drive. Gold Hack Priston Tale. You can delete files under. Type the following command to remove the Windows Installer.

Nideka Ne8800 Manual. If you blanketly delete all the files in this folder, you will find yourself needing to rebuild windows. Over time as your computer is patched and patched again, these installer files become outdated and orphaned.

They are no longer required, but they can take up many gigabytes of data. PatchCleaner PatchCleaner identifies these redundant/orphaned files and allows you to either: • (Recommended) Move them to another location. If you want to play it safe, just move them to another location, and you can always copy them back. Yura Yura Teikoku No Shibire Rar more. • Delete them.

How it works HomeDev has had many queries about how PatchCleaner works and if it can be trusted to do the right thing. Its pretty simple. The windows operating system holds a list of current installers and patches, that can be accessed via WMI calls, ( ). PatchCleaner obtains this list of the known msi/msp files and compares that against all the msi/msp files that are found in the 'c: Windows Installer' directory.

Anything that is in the folder but not on the windows provided list is considered an orphaned file and is tagged to be moved or deleted. HomeDev cannot warrant that PatchCleaner will not find a false positive and delete a required patch which is why we have added the filter feature to filter and recommend using the move function, that way you can always copy the patches back if required. Please see the Known Issues List at the bottom of the page CLI - Command Line Interface As of verison 1.3, patch cleaner implements a CLI, (Command Line Interface). The application can now be run from the command line with the following switches: /d - This will execute with the delete action. /m - This will execute the move action with the default location as stored in your local app configuration. /m [FilePath] - This will execute the move action, where [FilePath] is the location you wish to move the files to.