$hf_mig$ FOLDER

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On my new laptop with XP Home SP2 already installed, there is a folder
inside the WINDOWS directory. The folder is called $hf_mig$. Inside
are a bunch of folders, one for each of the updates that were
pre-installed.

Are these the actual update files?
Is there any point to burning them to CD? That is, could I use them
to update a different computer?

Do I need to keep them?
Do I need to keep the $hf_mig$ folder?

Thank you.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Ask in a Windows group - not an Office question.
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general would be a good place to start.

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After furious head scratching, <*(((>< asked:

| On my new laptop with XP Home SP2 already installed, there is a folder
| inside the WINDOWS directory. The folder is called $hf_mig$. Inside
| are a bunch of folders, one for each of the updates that were
| pre-installed.
|
| Are these the actual update files?
| Is there any point to burning them to CD? That is, could I use them
| to update a different computer?
|
| Do I need to keep them?
| Do I need to keep the $hf_mig$ folder?
|
| Thank you.

 

[TaurArian [MS-MVP]]

Leave the folder alone -

Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server
2003 software update packages
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824994
%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder


From the above article:-

When a security update, critical update, update, update rollup, driver, or
feature pack installs GDR version files, the hotfix files are also copied to
the %windir%\$hf_mig$ folder. This supports migration to the appropriate
files if you later install a hotfix or service pack that includes earlier
versions of these files. For example, consider the following scenario:

1. You apply a security update that installs a GDR version of File.dll
with a version number of 5.2.3790.1000 and copies a hotfix version of
File.dll with a version number of 5.2.3790.1000 to the %windir%\$hf_mig$
folder.

2. You apply a hotfix that includes a hotfix version of File.dll with a
version number of 5.2.3790.0000.

In this scenario the hotfix installation in step 2 installs the hotfix
version of File.dll (version number 5.2.3790.1000) from the
%windir%\$hf_mig$ folder instead of the hotfix version of File.dll (version
number 5.2.3790.0000) from the hotfix package.



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| On my new laptop with XP Home SP2 already installed, there is a folder
| inside the WINDOWS directory. The folder is called $hf_mig$. Inside
| are a bunch of folders, one for each of the updates that were
| pre-installed.
|
| Are these the actual update files?
| Is there any point to burning them to CD? That is, could I use them
| to update a different computer?
|
| Do I need to keep them?
| Do I need to keep the $hf_mig$ folder?
|
| Thank you.
|
|