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where is the location of installed updates in Window XP

Looking for the path of installed updates in windows XP, Windows 7. I mean to say the location at the drive and folder
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Once the updates are installed they become part of the operating system.

 

 

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Looking for the path of installed updates in windows XP, Windows 7. I mean to say the location at the drive and folder


Not quite sure what you mean but, in Windows XP the updates are stored on the root drive ( the drive where Windows is installed to ) in
WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download
The uninstallation files are stored in Hidden subfolders of the Windows directory and are named $NtUninstallKBxxxxxx$.

Windows 7 places the updates in the same location as XP but they are not reusable since their content is stored in the OS ( in Volume Shadow Servicing and Component Based Servicing ) as are their uninstall information.

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