Safe to supprimer "C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download"

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One of our Windows 2003 servers has a fairly small C-partition, which is approaching full. J'ai eu a quick look round using [Disktective](http://www.disktective.com/) as to where the space has gone, and a fair bit of it seems to be taken up with `C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download`

Je pense this folder is used as a temporary storage for Windows Update, but as all the pending Windows updates have now been installed, is it OK to delete the contents of this folder?

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After you have installed all the pending updates, it is safe to delete all the files and folder under C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\

As [@Zab said,](https://superuser.com/questions/53266/safe-to-delete-c-windows-softwaredistribution-download/386242#386242) stop the Update Service while you clean up the folder

- Enter `net stop wuauserv` into an elevated invite de commandes

- Manually clean up `C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\`

- Enter `net start wuauserv` into an elevated invite de commandes

As soon as the service starts again, some folders will be re-created. This is ok