On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Heaton, Joseph@DFG <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know what this folder is for.  I understand you shouldn’t just go in and
> delete files.  But, I’ve heard that the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
> can be used to clean it up?

  No.  Very bad idea.

  The Windows Installer Cleanup Utility remove files related to a
package from the MSI subsystem.  It was created for situations where
the MSI info for a package had become corrupted, thus preventing a
normal uninstall.  One would manually delete the installed files, and
then run the MSI cleanup utility to delete the remnants from the MSI
subsystem.

  Using it in other scenarios is a great way to ruin a system.

-- Ben

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