Once it's done you can pick and choose which files you want to get rid of and click "OK" to perform that clean up.įix a missing or corrupt ntfs. I was comparing my Windows folder on C drive is 16 G and further investigation reveals that the Installer folder is 10 G by itself. Once at system tools click on "disk clean up", and select which drive you want to clean up and let it run. Now to run the disk clean up you want to begin by clicking on the "start" button then clicking on the "all programs" and going to accessories and choosing system tools. If you do, just click defragment and let it run. In addition, as this directory is used by the Windows Installer service to cache installer data files for various applications and it is also used by the application to confirm the existence of previously installed items to determine the next steps the installer needs to take. You may not even need to run the defragment. Hi, I agree with the answer that you cannot remove the files in the Windows\Installer directory. windowsinstaller Folder) error you need to follow the steps below.
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Thank you for choosing TechSpot as your download destination. When the results pop up, you will get an option to see the report and, depending on the results, Windows Installer CleanUp Utility has been downloaded 217,786 times so far. When the box opens click on the C-Drive and then click "Analyze" toĬheck and see just how fragmented your drive is. Once the box opens you want to click on "tools" on your tool bar and then click on the "defragment now" button. Once there, you are going to want to right click on the C-Drive to clean that one first and click on "properties". However, after reading a few tutorials and trying msizap.exe it appears that those methods are not applicable to windows 7. You want to start by clicking the "start" button and then clicking on "my computer". My C:WindowsInstaller folder has been getting out of hand, And i wanted to clean it out. This is a step-by-step guide to cleaning out those old fires in your Windows XP computer.