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 you …
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 space …
How manually clean up C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download?
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 Command …
Copy "%SystemRoot%\SoftwareDistribution\Download" to another …
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 on B minus the download...
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 entire …
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 windows from …
group policy - Software wont deploy, but GPO gets applied and MSI is ...
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
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 …
Where to store Group Policy Software Installation packages?
The software packages should be stored on the domain controllers (as you've found during your research). This way you enable their distribution over all DC in your domain, which means swift …
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 SoftwareDistribution.bak? …