Need Server 2008 R2 cleanup help

[JaredBusch]

@stacksofplates Totally want to....

[black3dynamite]

Msizap could help with the cleanup.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Msi/msizap-exe

[momurda]

I used this at home a while ago, due to one of my windows installs being xp64>vista64>7>10.
http://www.homedev.com.au/free/patchcleaner
Never used it on a server though.

[dafyre]

In a crunch, you can copy the Installer folder off to a drive with more space and then delete the files from the drive... If you need them back, you can just do a directory junction to wherever you copied them to.

[JaredBusch]

@black3dynamite said in Need Server 2008 R2 cleanup help:

Msizap could help with the cleanup.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Msi/msizap-exe

That looks totally deadly to a system.

[JaredBusch]

@momurda said in Need Server 2008 R2 cleanup help:

I used this at home a while ago, due to one of my windows installs being xp64>vista64>7>10.
http://www.homedev.com.au/free/patchcleaner
Never used it on a server though.

I found that in searching, but did not want to use without some recommendations.

It is available in chocolately BTW.
https://chocolatey.org/packages/patchcleaner

Going to try it as it is specifically noted to work with Server 2008 R2.

[black3dynamite]

@jaredbusch said in Need Server 2008 R2 cleanup help:

@black3dynamite said in Need Server 2008 R2 cleanup help:

Msizap could help with the cleanup.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/Msi/msizap-exe

That looks totally deadly to a system.

It can be, especially with * option. I would assume option g that removes any cached Windows Installer data files that have been orphaned would be safer?

[JaredBusch]

I like that it has the move option..

[JaredBusch]

That was painless.

[scottalanmiller]

@jaredbusch nice