Hi, only a simple question.

Since nLite does not create this folder when slipstreaming hotfixes into install source, can this folder be necessary when applying future updates?

I have read that this folder contains previous file versions of installed hotfixes, and its goal is to copy files newer than those contained in a new hotfix (if I'm not wrong...).

Suppose the following scenario:

Hotfix H installs file with version 1.0, but a previous hotfix -G- included that file with version 1.1. The system replaces the affected file with the version contained in the $hf_mig$ folder (hotfix G), not the contained in the new hotfix (H).

Thanks

Edited March 24, 200719 yr by ponghy

are you refereing to C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$ ?

C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$ is a temp folder

safe to delete

Yes, I'm refering to that folder.

Are you completely sure that this folder is no longer necessary? Read carefully the proposed scenario...

Regards.

Edited March 24, 200719 yr by ponghy

i've never used nlite before but i had to jump in, the $hf_mig$ folder is certainly not just a 'temp' folder thats 'safe to delete', it is necessary if you want to maintain system stability

i've never used nlite before but i had to jump in, the $hf_mig$ folder is certainly not just a 'temp' folder thats 'safe to delete', it is necessary if you want to maintain system stability

system stability

usually that folder is empty, and then safe to delete.

If $hf_mig$ is empty it is 100% safe to delete.

It's used by windows hotfixes and windows update.

Some hotfixes extract the content to that location and some to last hdd.

The other folders in C:\WINDOWS with blue font like:

$NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$

where xxxxxx stands for the hotfix number, are also safe to delete if you do not need to uninstall the installed hotfixes.

Dear Nuhi, can you say any word about this?

Thanks in advance.

Assuming he's integrating the QFE versions of the hotfixed files (which I'm 99.9% certain he does), $hf_mig$ is unnecessary. Read the following KB article if you want more information on the matter.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;824994