May 4, 20206 yr Hi Everyone, My simple question is, is it safe to delete installers (from Downloads) after installation? Thanks, Canine
May 4, 20206 yr If you have downloaded the full installer you might consider hanging onto it. If Lockheed upload another hotfix and you don't like it then you can roll back to your previous version. Bryan.
May 4, 20206 yr I have an external hard drive where I store all P3D and addon installers. You also don't have to download the installer everytime you reinstall your P3D with installers on the drive. Edited May 4, 20206 yr by Branimir I7-10700 (4.8 GHz with HT enabled) 2x16GB DDR4 3600MHz Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super OC Gaming
May 4, 20206 yr Question should also be "Is it safe to delete the copy of P3D installers in C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\ ?" Answer is YES and NO 😉 Vincent B. Check my free MSFS sceneries : https://flightsim.to/profile/vbazillio/trending and my hardware configuration.
May 4, 20206 yr 26 minutes ago, vbazillio said: Question should also be "Is it safe to delete the copy of P3D installers in C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\ ?" Answer is YES and NO 😉 Can you elaborate on that? Why YES and/or why NO? (When YES it'll safe up to ~20GB of HD space). Thanks. Edited May 4, 20206 yr by hvw Kind regards, Hans van WIjhe Acer Predator P03-640 2.10 Ghz Intel 12th Gen Core 17-12700F 64GB memory, Noctua NH-U9S Cooler, 1.02 TB SSD HD, 1.02 TB HD, NVidia Geforce RTX 3070 16GB Memory, Windows 11 (x64)
May 4, 20206 yr Sure, it's a little bit tricky. In short : you shouldn't delete files in these folder. Quote When repairing, modifying, or uninstalling a product or when installing or uninstalling a patch, if source media is required the package cache is used automatically and most users will never see a prompt. Only if the package cache is missing or incomplete will Visual Studio setup prompt to download (if connected) or locate media as shown in the screenshot below. Source : https://superuser.com/questions/455853/can-i-delete-the-folder-c-programdata-package-cache (But) for advanced users who know what they are doing and can manage to access installation file, it could save plenty of room. Edited May 4, 20206 yr by vbazillio Vincent B. Check my free MSFS sceneries : https://flightsim.to/profile/vbazillio/trending and my hardware configuration.
May 4, 20206 yr 6 minutes ago, vbazillio said: Sure, it's a little bit tricky. In short : you shouldn't delete files in these folder. Source : https://superuser.com/questions/455853/can-i-delete-the-folder-c-programdata-package-cache (But) for advanced users who know what they are doing and can manage to access installation file, it could save plenty of room. Thank you, Vincent. I will try to relocate this folder to a bigger hard drive and see what happens. Kind regards, Hans van WIjhe Acer Predator P03-640 2.10 Ghz Intel 12th Gen Core 17-12700F 64GB memory, Noctua NH-U9S Cooler, 1.02 TB SSD HD, 1.02 TB HD, NVidia Geforce RTX 3070 16GB Memory, Windows 11 (x64)
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