[bizzybody]

How do I get rid of the uninstall files for .NET (all versions) and its hotfixes? They'll never need uninstalled, so the uninstall files are wasting space.

This is on an older laptop with XP Pro and a 30 gig hard drive.

[Tripredacus]

Your hotfixes are located in c:\windows as compressed hidden folders.

Example: C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB925902$

[bizzybody]

I've deleted all those. The entries are still in Add/Remove Programs and I get no error message and prompt to remove it from the list when I click the Change/Remove button.

CrapCleaner doesn't find any orphaned Registry entries for them, like it did for SP3 and other hotfixes.

The .NET and .NET hotfix uninstall files must be somewhere else.

[GrofLuigi]

This works beatifully for all kinds of installs, except for those where the main (runtime) executable is hardcoded to look for installer data (example: MS office).

It works nicely on .net.

GL

[Hellados]

try this
dotnetfx_cleanup_tool

It works 100%
http://rapidshare.com/files/151120400/dotn...p_tool.zip.html

[bizzybody]

That's for uninstalling .NET and cleaning things up so .NET will install correctly. It's not for removing the backup files that allow .NET to be uninstalled.

I want to remove those files AND leave .NET installed.

Website of the author of that utility. http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/200.../08/406671.aspx