C:/Windows/Installer
I have 12 gigs of files in this folder, and I downloaded the WICleanup tool to remove unused ones. Except after scanning, it pretty much listed all of the files in the folder as "unused".
I'm reluctant to delete it because I know it's not actually that safe to remove MSI files lol but it's taking up so much room...! I don't have a lot of space on my SSD and I have already uninstalled / removed as much unnecessary files as I can off that drive... It's kind of annoying because I don't install a lot on my SSD drive yet the drive tends to run out of space often... I already did a disc clean up etc, and TreeSize is telling me that the Installer folder is the real culprit. Anyone tried to clean up their Installer folder before? |
TL;DR version: No. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing. :cutielove:
As for details, I will take Triumph's approach here and hit you with research: Quote:
In this case, the emphasis is on storage and removal. That folder contains files necessary for program updates and clean uninstalls. If you happen to delete something, a program may not work properly. Especially if it's a program you don't use very often, since you'll only notice the results some time later. Here's another post which goes into a little more detail about %windir%\Installer directory: Details EDIT: Have you tried using Windows Disk CleanUp Tool? |
Ah ok, guess I'll leave it then. 10 gigs =( why take up sooo much spaceee!
Yeah I have used that. I ended up managing to clear a bit more after cleaning up system files via disk clean up, and also using ccleaner. At least the drive space is not in red anymore LOL |
10 Gigs 'so much'? Since when? You can get sales on Terabyte HDD drives for less than $60 CAD (CAD/AUD currency rates are almost the same, though I may be off for a dollar).
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Not talking about HDDs, referring to my SSD which only has 55 gigs of space.
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So upgrading capacity with extra 1+ Terabyte HDDs is a problem? I don't understand you.
How many storage drives do you have overall inside the case? |
Aren't SSD more expensive than HDDs? for $60+ I can prob get a 120GB SSD... but for the amount of effort I'd need to go to do upgrade that... I'll just keep clearing a gigabyte at a time every now and then lol.
I have a terabyte HDD already so that's not my problem.... |
Based on the above posts you have a 55 GBs SSD for your disk C, and a terabyte HDD for another disk, maybe D.
For a Home Computer 55 Gigs for disk C and system partition should be sufficient. That leads me to question: What exactly are you doing on your SSD? |
That's exactly what I want to know.. most of my big programs are installed on my D drive, all my files are on my D drive.... only smaller programs I install on the C drive...
Which was why I used treesize to find out what's taking up so much space and it's the Installer folder. |
I hate to disappoint but ALL program uninstall information is stored in that particular place. No matter where some particular program is installed. :sad:
EDIT: Actually I'm curious now. I have ~5GBs with of files in that particular folder on my system, and you have ~10GBs. Exactly how many programs do you have installed? |
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