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How to Distribute, Refresh, Remove, Prestage and Monitor Content on DP. How to remove content from distribution point group properties. Same thing if you want to remove a patch from deployment, open the particular software update group and remove it from there. Mark says: October 21, 2014 at 10:36 am. How to clear the 'SoftwareDistribution' folder. To delete the content inside the SoftwareDistribution folder, do the following: Open Start. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the result, and select Run as administrator. Type the following command to stop the Windows Update Service and press Enter: net stop wuauserv.

Jul 24, 2018  Most users don’t know about it further. This article will explain what it is, can you delete, rename or modify this folder or not and how. What is the Software Distribution Folder. You should know that the Software Distribution folder is an essential component for Windows. It stores temporary files and data that requires to update your PC. Safe delete SoftwareDistribution Folder. Press Windows + R to open the Run box. Type C: Windows SoftwareDistribution and press Enter. Select all the files in this folder by pressing Ctrl + A. Right-click on the selected files and then click on Delete. This will clear all the junk from the SoftwareDistribution folder to free up some space in the C: drive.

• Navigate to the C: Windows SoftwareDistribution folder then delete all the files and folders inside. Open the Command Prompt as Administrator, then run the following commands to restart the.
• Mar 19, 2018  Hello all, We are looking for a way to to clear the SoftwareDistribution folder under the Windows folder to re-download updates. We have always done this in the past to get a fresh copy of updates to get them working again. Since the the new Windows 10 updates the folder is still stuck in use. Hi there, you can use the Disk Cleanup Tool for that.

One of our Windows 2003 servers has a fairly small C-partition, which is approaching full. I've had a quick look round using Disktective as to where the space has gone, and a fair bit of it seems to be taken up with C:WINDOWSSoftwareDistributionDownload

I think this folder is used as a temporary storage for Windows Update, but as all the pending Windows updates have now been installed, is it OK to delete the contents of this folder?

Abel

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After you have installed all the pending updates, it is safe to delete all the files and folder under C:WINDOWSSoftwareDistributionDownload

_{As @Zab said, stop the Update Service while you clean up the folder}

1. Enter net stop wuauserv into an elevated command prompt
2. Manually clean up C:WINDOWSSoftwareDistributionDownload
3. Enter net start wuauserv into an elevated command prompt
   As soon as the service starts again, some folders will be re-created. This is ok

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You should stop 'automatic updates' and 'windows update' services, then you can delete all downloaded/(and already installed) updates

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You can also clean the database folder nearby to 'reset' windows update.

Harry reports problem with people who deleted the directories, as opposed to people who deleted files in directory.

ZaB

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ZaB

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If I were you I'd run the Microsoft Disk Cleanup wizard and see if it proposes deleting this directory.
If it doesn't do that, then I wouldn't touch it.

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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 C:WINDOWSSoftwareDistributionDownload

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Q1: That’s a complex and messy question. If you just want to strip XP down to the minimal size, your best bet is to look at what others have done. nLite is a great resource for this.

Q2: Yes, assuming that you have not recently installed any Windows Updates (or made sure to reboot afterwards), then it is safe to delete SoftwareDistributionDownload.

SynetechSynetech

Disclaimer: I'm using Windows 7.

Personally, I wouldn't be touching any system folders. Some tips to free space:

1. From My Computer, right-click the hard drive and select Properties and press Disk Cleanup. I recommend selecting all options except 'Downloaded Program Files'.
2. In C: delete any folders that are just a string of hex-digits. These are old installers.
3. In C: delete all files. Any files that were there were from old installers. Note: may not be the case in Windows XP.
4. Clean out your documents and media files. Are you ever really going to open that file again? Move your media to a secondary or external drive.

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Quite frankly, if you're that tight for disk space it's time to invest in a new drive.

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