Windows 10: Is it ok to delete "ESD" folder from hard disk C in my Windows 10?

Is it ok to delete "ESD" folder from hard disk C in my Windows 10?

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C windows installer folder - Delete?

He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink
Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

Like:
First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
Then type this in command mode as admin
mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.

 

ESD folder on disk C

Yes, the image is out of date as I don't have that line either.

You can just delete the ESD folder or save or rename it first if you're concerned.

I moved the C:\ESD\Windows folder to a different drive and PC boot/works just fine. This correlates with the fact that some don't even have the ESD folder or its basically empty.

 

ESD folder on disk C

Thank you for the quick replies.

I quickly wanted to confirm 3 things.

1) Does this manual method work the same as the ESD-ISO method? Will there be any difference in total size? The ESD folder is 3.93 GB in my case.

2) Shouldn't i copy the contents of C:\ESD\Windows folder, as described in the original post? It is the "Windows" folder that has contents that looks like the installation disk. (C:\ESD folder has no other items)

3) After following these steps, do i have to run bootsect.exe?

Thanks a lot for your time.