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More info?)
You can probably delete them but I suspect they'll just be recreated. Surely
this isn't a space issue as there would certainly be bigger fish to fry.
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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"JCA" wrote:
| Sir,
|
| I am not referring to the files in the folder:
| "%systemroot%\$NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$".
|
| I am referring to the "%systemroot%" folder, otherwise known as
"C:\Windows"
| on my OS, which contains sub-files which are ".log" files, files ending
with
| the extension: .log. These are "logs" of the Knowledge Base files which
| have been previously downloaded and installed. They have nothing to do
with
| the downloaded Knowledge Base files except for being the logs of those
| downloads.
|
| But, I don't want to get too focused on these specific (Knowledge Base)
log
| files.
|
| Generally, is it safe to delete .log files? Are log files used by an
| installed application for further performance? Or, are they only needed
for
| backup or restore operations? Are .log files part of and necessary to an
| applications function? If not, can they be safely deleted
|
| John
|
|
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