Freeing Space: Can I Delete Older Updates?

[Richb2004v2]

I am trying to free up space on my machine and notice that when I go to uninstall list there seem to be duplicates of sorts for a few things. For example Java has several decent sized update files. Can I delete any of them, such as the older ones (6 & 18) without causing a problem.

Java 6 Update (6) 171 mb

Java 6 Update (18) 97 mb

Java 6 Update (20) 97 mb

Thanks

[Carib]

yes you can, at least I always do and everything is ok.

[thaigold]

Go to PC Pit-stop (on-line). and run the tests and do the housekeeping on your machine. I doubt if updates are eating up your memory or disc space. If you feel a bit unsure what to do, find a friend who is sharp on computers.

Hey, this is why they call them "Personal Computers."

Edited May 4, 2010 by thaigold

[nikster]

Yes you can remove all older Java updates with no problem.

You can also use a tool such as JDiskReport to find large files.

Edited May 4, 2010 by nikster

[Daffy D]

This will search out and deleate old Java versions

JavaRA

[ronz28]

I also delete old restore points using disk cleanup (but don't do that more than once a week) and run Ccleaner often but don't mess with the registry.

[Richb2004v2]

This will search out and deleate old Java versions

JavaRA

Thanks. That did the trick.

[KernelPanic]

You can also delete all the blue written folders starting with $ in the "Windows" folder (Win XP). These are all the old updates.

You only see them when you choose to "show hidden files and folders" in the folder options.

After that you cannot uninstall the updates, but who would want to do that. Cleans up to 500 Mb from the disk.