Actually these are temporary files so the title should have been how to delete temporary files in Windows 7.Now windows 7 is getting older and older so it has to download so many updates from Microsoft to work with latest softwares and devices.When you set to update and install drivers automatically in wondows 7 it will download all the updates needed and install them,you don't have to worry.But the problem here is windows forgets to delete those files after installing them so a large number of unwanted files are saved in your system you don't even know!
So we have to delete those temporary files.Its very very easy and you don't need any DOS skills or any programming knowledge.But before deleting those files I think that you can save those files somewhere else on a USB drive or a DVD to use them later.So you don't have to download update files every time you re-install windows.Or you can use these files to update your friends PC![Never tested though]
Now lets get started
1.Goto this directory '%windir%/softwaredistribution' [Just copy and paste the bold text to the address bar and press Enter]
2.Now open Download folder.
3.These are the downloaded windows update files.Select All and DELETE![Please make sure windows has finished installing updates!]
You're done.I think you just freed about 4GB of disk space.Make sure you emptied Recycle bin too.Feel free to ask questions.
So we have to delete those temporary files.Its very very easy and you don't need any DOS skills or any programming knowledge.But before deleting those files I think that you can save those files somewhere else on a USB drive or a DVD to use them later.So you don't have to download update files every time you re-install windows.Or you can use these files to update your friends PC![Never tested though]
Now lets get started
1.Goto this directory '%windir%/softwaredistribution' [Just copy and paste the bold text to the address bar and press Enter]
2.Now open Download folder.
3.These are the downloaded windows update files.Select All and DELETE![Please make sure windows has finished installing updates!]
You're done.I think you just freed about 4GB of disk space.Make sure you emptied Recycle bin too.Feel free to ask questions.
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