This folder contains all the other programs user installs on windows. Deleting it would make programs failure in uninstall/update. Hard linking to other location possible.
just showing update 12/7/2017 Update for Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057)..size 563kb look up aboodi1406 w10 update nothing found that kb.. should I install that?
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There is a script available which can delete setups of replaced Office update from your PC, which will affect that folder as well, IIRC it was bundled with KMS_Auto
Then clean it manually this powershell script seach and compare found .msp files with referenced registry, and remove unregistered you can copy and paste commands directly in PS -WhatIf parameter shows you the files to be removed (without actual remove) delete it to remove files Code: $Registered = Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Patches\* -Name LocalPackage $Found = Get-ChildItem "$env:WINDIR\Installer\*" -Include *.msp -Recurse | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName Compare-Object $Registered $Found $Unregistered = $Found | Where-Object {$_ -notin $Registered} $Unregistered | Get-ChildItem | Measure-Object -Sum -Property Length $Unregistered | Remove-Item -WhatIf i remember writing simple guide to manually clean obsolete Office patches, but it was lost with the MDL post-deletion hack last year basically you go to Windows\Installer folder from upper bar add/activate "Title" details, and sort files by Title then check files that have similar titles, and delete the lower-version ones i.e. Patch;csisyncclient;15.0.4779.1000 Patch;csisyncclient;15.0.4805.1000