Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Deleting ServicePackFiles or relocating to LAN

http://ask-leo.com/can_i_remove_the_servicepackfiles_folder_from_my_windows_folder.html

I inherited VM servers with a too small 4GB sys volume, in need of space cleared.  The ServicePackFiles is a nice 400MB target.  This page details how to relocate the files to a LAN.

Summary:
In the Registry, the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup key has regvals that can be repointed to a LAN-based folder:
SourcePath  points to D:\ or the folder above the \I386 installation dir
ServicePackSourcePath  points to the ServicePackFiles folder to be moved
ServicePackCachePath  points to the ServicePackCache folder underneath

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