Posted on: 5/20/2013 9:32:55 PM | Views : 305

(I am not an experienced database manager, and if this question belongs elsewhere, please advise.)
I installed SQL Server Express 2012 on Windows 7 Professional OS a few days ago for the purpose of using Microsoft Security Compliance Manager, which I have now installed as well. Looking at the files created, I can see two particularly large folders located here:








C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Setup Bootstrap\Update Cache\
Because the two subfolders in "Update Cache" are huge, I would prefer move them to another drive instead of leaving them where they are and having to include them in the backup and occupying space (unnecessarily?).  It is not yet clear to me what their purpose is, but they do not appear to have changed as far as I can tell. If it is possible to move them, I can create a symbolic link or hard link pointing to them if ...

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