ponghy Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 (edited) 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, 2007 by ponghy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulkviper Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 are you refereing to C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$ ?C:\WINDOWS\$hf_mig$ is a temp foldersafe to delete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponghy Posted March 24, 2007 Author Share Posted March 24, 2007 (edited) 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, 2007 by ponghy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblazingangel Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulkviper Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 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 stabilitysystem 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponghy Posted March 25, 2007 Author Share Posted March 25, 2007 Dear Nuhi, can you say any word about this?Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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