Safe to delete "C:\\WINDOWS\\SoftwareDistribution\\Download"
After you have installed all the pending updates, it is safe to delete all the files and folder under C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\ As @Zab said, stop the Update Service while …
Windows update change download location - Super User
Jan 27, 2015 · The updates are automatically downloaded to the WINDOWS\Software Distribution\Download subfolder. They are then unpacked to the drive which has the most free …
How manually clean up …
Feb 1, 2020 · What your linked answer means by "clean up" is to delete all of them. In other words delete the download folder. Here is the proper way to reset Windows updates from the …
Windows takes up >40GB of disk space - Super User
Aug 3, 2019 · 3 Software Distribution folder The Software Distribution folder is used by Windows Update for downloading updates before they are installed. From its size, it seems to contain an …
Copy "%SystemRoot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download" to …
Is it possible (and safe) to copy the SoftwareDistribution\\Download folder from one Windows XP machine, A, to another, B, and then let update.microsoft.com do its thing …
delete c:\\windows\\SoftwareDistribution - Super User
Aug 12, 2019 · Have a quick hypothetical question, If I have a pending Windows(10) update and was to delete the contents of c:\\windows\\SoftwareDistribution folder would that prevent …
disk space - Can I delete files from C:\WINDOWS ... - Super User
Jan 8, 2015 · I need to free space on Windows XP SP3. Q1) What system folders can be safely delete in case I don't need to have restore points etc? Q2) Can I delete content from …
group policy - Software wont deploy, but GPO gets applied and …
Nov 2, 2014 · Software wont deploy, but GPO gets applied and MSI is installable manually Ask Question Asked 11 years, 1 month ago Modified 11 years, 1 month ago
windows - How can I delete all folders whose names are ...
Aug 5, 2017 · rmdir /s /q "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution.bak\" The above will delete a single folder: SoftwareDistribution.bak. How can I delete all folders whose names are …
windows 7 - PC Boots then writes giant datastore.edb file slowing …
Jan 18, 2013 · The system that I'm looking at is Windows 7, 32bit. When the system boots up it spends a ton of time reading and writing to the DataStore.edb file which is located in …