Windows installer cleanup utility6/8/2023 ![]() ![]() You cannot under any circumstances delete files from this folder manually as this not only may but most likely will break software that is installed using MSI files, or Windows Installer files. One of them being the %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Windows\Installer folder. When disk space is running out on a system disk, may it be on a server or a client, there are certain things to clean out. Given that having constantly 0 bytes of disk space was indeed causing instabilities to the OS (and its users) and that Microsoft couldn't guarantee that any ordinary problem they created could be solved at all in a reasonable way, I went on with this procedure and found no significant drawbacks until now. Run this commands on your risk, Microsoft cannot guarantee any problems resulting from this can be solved. Because they will cause instabilities in the operating system files. It is never suggested to move the operating system core components and files to a drive other than the operating system drive. Check within "Add or remove programs" that installers are still working (Office is a good candidate to start with).Ī word of warn, as stated in this Microsoft answer: Verify that the junction works by creating a small text file in E:\Win7-Junctions\Installer and seeing it materializing in C:\Windows\Installer as well. Make sure that C:\Windows\Installer is really gone and that all files have been moved to E:\Win7-Junctions\Installer.Ĭreate the junction: mklink /j "C:\Windows\Installer" "E:\Win7-Junctions\Installer". ![]() Cut-paste from Windows Explorer should be enough to move the installer folder. E:\Win7-Junctions, so the new path will be E:\Win7-Junctions\Installer. For convenience, it's better to create a subfolder to gather all the future junctions in one place, e.g. Move C:\Windows\Installer to a new spacious drive, let's say E.Take ownership of installer directory and all its files: takeown /f "C:\Windows\Installer" Start a command prompt as administrator.
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