How to Remove BackOffice Server 2000 and Small Business Server 2000 Temporary Setup Files

This article describes how to remove temporary files that might remain on your hard disk after you install either Small Business Server (SBS) 2000 or BackOffice Server 2000.

After you install either SBS 2000 or BackOffice Server 2000, temporary files might remain on your hard disk. These temporary files are used during the Setup process and are copied each time that you run Setup for SBS 2000 or BackOffice Server 2000. After you finish running Setup, you can safely remove the files.

Removing Temporary Files from a Clean Installation

A "clean" installation means either the first installation of the program on a computer, or an installation of the program in a folder other than the folder in which an existing version of the program is installed. To remove the temporary files from a clean installation of either BackOffice Server 2000 or SBS 2000:

1. Locate the following folder (where Administrator is the folder that contains the profile of the person who ran Setup):
   Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp
   If the Local Settings folder is not visible, you may need to change the folder options. To make the Local Settings folder visible:
   1. Double-click the My Computer icon, and then click Folder Options on the Tools menu.
   2. Click the View tab, and then click Show hidden files and folders under Hidden Files and Folders.
2. To remove the files that are no longer necessary, delete the Sitxxxxx.tmp folder (where xxxxx is a randomly assigned number). Multiple folders with this name may exist. You can safely delete them all.

Removing Temporary Files from an Upgrade

If you upgraded to SBS 2000 or BackOffice Server 2000, two copies of the temporary files may exist. To remove the temporary files from an upgrade to SBS 2000 or BackOffice Server 2000:

1. Locate the following folder (where Administrator is the folder that contains the profile of the person who ran Setup):
   Winnt\Profiles\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp
   NOTE: If you performed an SBS upgrade, the system root folder is Winnt.sbs.
   
   If the Local Settings folder is not visible, you may need to change the folder options. To make the Local Settings folder visible:
   1. Double-click the My Computer icon, and then click Folder Options on the Tools menu.
   2. Click the View tab, and then click Show hidden files and folders under Hidden Files and Folders.
2. To remove the files that are no longer necessary, delete the Sitxxxxx.tmp folder (where xxxxx is a randomly assigned number). Multiple folders with this name may exist. You can safely delete them all.
3. Temporary files might also be located in the root_drive\Temp folder after an upgrade. You can safely delete the files in any Sitxxxxx.tmp folders that are in this folder.

Service Pack Files

In an SBS 2000 upgrade of the full retail version of Windows 2000 server, without Service Pack 1, the upgrade process creates an uninstall directory for the files that were replaced by SP1. This directory can be safely deleted, since SBS 2000 will not function correctly if you attempt to uninstall SP1.

For additional information on how to remove the uninstall directory, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Note: If your Windows 2000 server already had Service Pack 1 or later installed, SBS 2000 setup will not apply SP1. No additional files will be added to the uninstall directory if it exists, and it will not be created, if it does not already exist.

To free up additional disk space on Small Business Server 2000, see: SIT is the designation for Suite Integration Toolkit, the Setup wizard process in SBS and BackOffice Server. The temporary folder names are comprised of the SIT designation and a random number, and the .tmp extension is appended to the folder name.