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Remove unwanted files after installing Service Pack 1

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Clean up unwanted files after the Service Pack 1 installation.
By Matthew Hanson on 25 March 2008

After installing Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista you may notice that a lot of older and unnecessary files are left on your computer, taking up valuable space on your hard drive. Although these files are no longer needed by Windows Vista, they were required by the first release of Windows Vista, and Service Pack 1 does not remove these files in case you wish to uninstall Service Pack 1 in the future. If you want to free up some space on your hard drive by removing these files, and you are certain that you will not need to uninstall Service Pack 1, then follow these steps to clean up the unnecessary files.

Please note that removing these files will mean that you will not be able to uninstall Service Pack 1.

Open the Start menu, type in CMD and press Enter to open up the command prompt.

At the command prompt type vsp1cln.exe and press Enter.

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This doesn't seem to work on my PC at the cmd prompt.

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25/03/08 | 01:23

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Matthew Hanson

Which version of Service Pack 1 are you using? The release candidate version of Service Pack 1 (which was released for testing purposes before the final ready-to-go version was made available via Windows Update) does not include the Windows Vista SP1 File Removal tool (vsp1cln.exe) as far as I know.

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25/03/08 | 05:08

stagecoachglos

My Mistake i used vsp1cin not vsp1cln. Now working perfectly.
Sorry to have troubled you
Anthony Carter-Smith

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01/04/08 | 05:23

panahe

thank you great stuff

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09/04/08 | 04:30

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c00k1e

well after a ferw days of near flawless use, i have taken the plunge. How much junk does it get rid of, I forgot to check before cleaning.

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25/03/08 | 01:47

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sahins

Approx. 0.73Gb. Took about 8-10 mins. to do it's stuff.

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25/03/08 | 08:54

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viper

Just checked windows update and there is no service pack available as yet (UK)??

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25/03/08 | 02:56

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James Stables

Hi Viper- check this post for more info: http://www.windowsvistamagazine.com/UK/05582469247561910422/why-isn-t-sp1-appearing-in-windows-update-we-have-the-answer.html

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25/03/08 | 04:42

viper

Hi,
Yeah ok it must be one of these reasons as it's shown up on my desktop just not my HP Preario V6000 laptop.
Thanks

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08/04/08 | 04:43

gentiandaisy

Check updates again as I have received Serrvice Pack 1 this week.

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18/04/08 | 10:44

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after you bring up the vsp1cln.exe file, do you just delete it? 2 of them came up for me, system 32 and one called X86, also 2 mui files as well.

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08/04/08 | 04:35

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oops, never mind, you just click on the file and it will uninstall itself, thanks anyway

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08/04/08 | 04:37

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Seems to work,although it does'nt tell you when it's finished.The black window just does a quick dissapering act.

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08/04/08 | 05:35

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N3ANT

worked like a charm ;)~ Anthony - N3ANT

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08/04/08 | 07:32

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Thanks for the info,it worked just fine.

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09/04/08 | 04:08

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rednlh

Worked for me.

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03/05/08 | 03:09

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Windows Vista Home Premium. OK.

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15/08/08 | 03:10

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Program ran OK and reported when finished. Thank you.

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15/08/08 | 03:12

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AliGator

I wanted to give this article a vote. How do I do that? I pressed "Post Comment & Vote" below but the vote did not register.

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15/08/08 | 03:19

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klz

I was in Vista Hell after installing SP1. 7 days of work by a microsoft tech finally fixed the computer. It included uninstalling everything microsoft.

So, although I would like more space, I am afraid to remove these items. What if I have to have all of this done again? How would sp1 be removed?

Yeah, I'm a n00b.

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15/08/08 | 04:20

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nomadic

worked perfectly removed 926,445,568 bytes well worth doing

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17/08/08 | 07:22

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hi my namne is navin and few months bsck i have got a brand new notebook and what happened is after sometimes after installing some of the files it seems to be very larger and files each and every time when i delete it p[ermanently it gets spaced up in the hard drive and i really very much worried abt the dataloss so can any one plz help me on this issue......

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