Trying to free up space on my SSD but I can't because microsoft insists on storing the 0.5GB patch installers on a drive of their choice...
Is there anything I can do about this?
Possible to remove or move windows patch installer files
Possible to remove or move windows patch installer files
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Re: Possible to remove or move windows patch installer files
you could create a symbolic link, just like in Linux, which is possible in Windows too...MS wasn't smart enough to include a tool for that so you will have to use one from good ol' Sysinternals:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/jeffloucks/arch ... drive.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
P.S. here's a good SSD optimization guide I have used for my SSDs too, you might free some more space through it:
http://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/ ... 8-edition/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://msmvps.com/blogs/jeffloucks/arch ... drive.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
P.S. here's a good SSD optimization guide I have used for my SSDs too, you might free some more space through it:
http://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/ ... 8-edition/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Possible to remove or move windows patch installer files
Thanks for that, got another 20GB out of moving folders over to another drive.
Also, it seems that the C\Windows\Installer directory is tamper-proof, its not listed in explorer nor can i do any commands on it using cmd but I can access it by typing in the path. If possible I'd also like to move this but it looks locked down to me
Also, it seems that the C\Windows\Installer directory is tamper-proof, its not listed in explorer nor can i do any commands on it using cmd but I can access it by typing in the path. If possible I'd also like to move this but it looks locked down to me
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