Finished Installing Windows Vista SP1 ? Now Remove All The Junk Files

When you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on your computer, the SP1 installer will not remove the older versions of Vista files from the hard drive. This is because the older files may be required in case you decide to uninstall SP1 later from the system.

Naturally, these files occupy important disk space. If you are satisfied with the performance of Windows Vista SP1 and unlikely to remove it later, why not reclaim some disk space by removing all the older Vista files.


There are no manual steps involved. Just open your Windows command prompt and type vsp1cln.exe (short for Vista SP1 Cleaner). It takes less than a minute to execute.

*vsp1cln.exe is added to your Windows Vista System folder after you install Vista SP1.



This will make Windows Vista Service Pack 1 permanent on this computer. All the older files are deleted now and your hard disk has tons of extra space for other important files like videos and photos.

You computer need not be connected to the Internet for running the Vista SP1 cleaner tool. And you won’t be able to remove Windows Vista Service Pack 1 later.

http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/finish-install-windows-vista-sp1-clean-junk-files/2641/

Original source
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...1414-4d11-97de-0748abdcec651033.mspx?mfr=true

 

Thanks, dude! Very helpful post. Bookmarked.

 

Thanks for the info, I'll be sure to use this when i install SP1.

 

thanks, almost 1GB

 

Thanks, I'll see how it goes in SP1 land before i delete the files

 

thanks for the great tip!!
i freed up about 1gb
+rep

 

hey, can someone tell me where and how i can safely delete those windows update installer that are downloaded from WU? They're not necessary after I've applied the updates right (including SP1 WU)? Can't seem to find them...

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=216327

this is what you want to do

 

Just make sure you read through the entire thread and not just the first message. There are some potential "gotchas" in the advise offered in the first message. What is suggested CAN be safe, but just be sure you understand the consequences of the actions suggested.

Gary

 

I have tried this method,
I have even helped the OP to test his guide, regarding the effect on SP1 uninstallation, see reply #69-80,

 

I know, I remember. I was the one trying to get to the bottom of that particular question about what would or would not appear in the list of Vista updates after this was done. And you were the one who provided the missing piece of data that allowed us to get it figured out!!! Thank you again for you help back then.

No, the part I was MORE concerned about was the OTHER tip in the first message. The one about the Office files MSO Cache. As I remember it, you were one of the folks who had some trouble with it.

Like I said, none of the advice offered is bad or wrong. It just didn't go far enough to tell folks what they had to do to decide if any of the suggestions in that first message would be safe for them. Or what precautions they should take if they were going to do the steps indicated.

Maximus heart was and is in the right place on this. He just suffers a bit from the "ready, shoot, aim" syndrome. He assumes because the MSO cache thing was safe for him it would be safe for everybody. And clearly it was not. But in his defense, once he realized that there were circumstances where it could be an issue, he recognized and admitted such. (I just wish he would have edited the first message in the thread to reflect that.)

Gary

 

I didn't want to read all those pages about it. Is that folder ok to delete?
c;windows;softwaredist.

 

Geeze you want us to do all of the work for you??? ...big ol' grin...

Yeah, it is a long thread with lots of back and forth. The meat of it is on page #8, where roytse gave Maximus and I some great test results which confirmed that YES it was safe to delete the contents of that folder.

BUT it is NOT 100% safe to use the other suggestion about removing the Office MSO Cache folder. For the specifics of that see message #29 in that thread. Maximus assumed that folks who install office do NOT take the default install options and instead take the "run all from my disk" option. With his assumption it is 100% safe to delete the MSO Cache. But since his assumption is faulty (and again in his defense, he admitted that), it might be a bad idea for SOME folks to delte that folder.

Gary

 

Lol. Thanks Gary. I read page 8 and post #29. I guess I'll delete it. :O

 

Great tip nekrosoft13! +1

 

hmmm if deleting the software distribution folder means that the update history is erased, I rather not delete... since the update history is useful when trying to find out what updates have been installed (although I know this can be done at Installed Updates @ control panel...)

But I wonder if there is a difference between deleting the folder, and deleting the contents of the folder. Will the update history also be erased if the contents of the folder are deleted but the folder is still there?

 

thanks alot! 1 GB saved

 

Thanks for the 1gb space

 

Remember page 8 and message #29 are about two DIFFERENT directories that under the proper circumstances can be safely deleted. Page 8 covers one that can be deleted for just about everybody. Message #29 covers one that is very dependent on the circumstances for individual users.

Gary

 

Just don't delete the files blindly and run into serious troubles later for just saving 1GB of HD space.

 

Well, Idk about that. I'm sure if the contents of it are deleted so will the history. You can't completely delete everything out of the folder, some are "in use" still.

And Gary, I know.

 

the vsp1cln.exe is placed into vista by MS,
it is for users to delete temp. files left behind after SP1 installation,
it is 100% safe to run it, just make sure you are satisfied with SP1 installation,
because vsp1cln.exe wipes out all stuff left behind and will make SP1 PERMANENT in your vista!

Again, before you run vsp1cln.exe,
be very sure you don't wish to go back to vista RTM,
since this will be irreversible.

 

Freed up that annoying .7GB.

 

Wow, you got 7gb back? lol. I got 1 back.

EDIT: LOL NVM .7
READ WRONG.

 

Hehe.

(filler)

 

Nice, thanks. As others reported, I freed up almost 1 GB of space.

 

I just did it after i installed SP1 and i got 1GB back. Thanks for the info man.

 

Calvin, you installed SP1? Does that mean updated VistaGlazz?

 

Yeah i have SP1, no updated VistaGlazz though. I just decided to stop being lazy.

 

Good for you.