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January 15th, 2008

Tons of .msp files in C:\Windows\Installer?

I just had to clean up a Windows machine that was filled to the brim with…something.  After some digging, I found that there were a ton of .msp files in a folder called C:\Windows\Installer that were easily taking up about 3 gigabytes of space.  So, some quick Googling turned up this entry on MSDN blogs about cleaning up those files.  One command line command later and the drive was empty again.

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2 Responses to “Tons of .msp files in C:\Windows\Installer?”

  1. Antonisia Con Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    Hi, I have the same problem. But I cannot get to the folder C:\Windows\Installer. When I search for it it’s like it does not exist.
    I have used several programs like Windows Installer CleanUp Utility, Registyry Easy, RegistryBooster. None of them did help. Now I am defragmenting and I can see that this is moving the *.msp files for defragmenting.
    Hope someone can help me with this issue. I have a total of 37 GB but only 10 is available. I have already copied all my data files to memory stick and deleted them from my PC. But this did not help.
    Thanks, Antonisia Con

  2. SylentBobNJ Says:
    July 2nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Two words: You rock…

    -SB

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