Update Aug 2019, please read: After recent Windows updates, it seems that creating symbolic link or directory junction for the Windows\Installer folder would cause installation issue such as “ The system cannot open the device or file specified – Error 2755” error especially when you run a “.msi” installer. Creating a Symbolic link for the Windows Installer folder to save space In this guide, instead of doing that, we will show you how to create a Symbolic link of the Installer folder onto another drive to save a ton of disk space on your system drive. Some other guides would usually tell you to identify and delete the no longer needed MSI and MSP files in the Installer folder, which is kind of difficult and troublesome. Well, it is not safe to delete the entire Windows Installer folder because some of the files in it are used by your system for proper functioning in Windows 10. So, the question is, is it safe to delete or cleanup the Windows Installer folder? how should we deal with the huge sized Windows Installer folder? Delete or Cleanup Windows Installer folder in Windows 10 It’s reported that the folder can grow to a massive 50 GB or sometimes even more. This can be a harsh trouble if your Windows system is on a rather small-sized SSD hard drive. If you have been using your Windows for a long time without any reformat, you would surely have noticed that the C:\Windows\Installer folder has grown into a giant sized folder and getting even bigger by time.
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