You are welcome. Here are some deletes you may do. I know you've already
done most of it...

(1) Delete the contents of C:\Windows\TEMP. Delete contents only.

Under normal circumstances, C:\WINDOWS\TEMP can be cleared of
files/folders after a fresh boot. You need the fresh boot, because
something may be sitting there, waiting to "complete" an install. You
will likely have seen a message about it, though. Anyway, you should
know whether you've installed something since boot. Now, some files may
return after the delete. "WebPoolFileFile" is one. That will come back
next boot or when you run McAfee.

I have seen one poster who objected, saying one should browse through
those files, looking for .log's. He said it might be interesting to see
whether there is an error message or something inside. It was too late
for me by then.

Naturally, if you have actually installed something into TEMP, there
might be a Registry connection to it. Those, you need to un/re-install
elsewhere. Finally, I even saw a poster who had system files in there,
perhaps it was the Temporary Internet Files in there. That shouldn't be!
Well, to be certain, is C:\Windows\TEMP mentioned in any of these
Registry keys?

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\She
ll Folders
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Use
r Shell Folders

(2) "Control Panel, Internet Options, Delete Files button, bolt Delete
all offline content, OK, OK"

These were your Temporary Internet Files, which, since V4, has an
involvement with Windows Update. It's main purpose is to hold
bits/pieces of sites you visit, to make it quicker to load next visit.
Also, it is a work area for OE6. Naturally, TIFs will grow back. It's
size is controllable by the slider & input box under the Settings
button.

(3) Most of the following shall never return again, and were work files,
pre-V4:
(a) "START, Settings, Folder Options, View tab"; bolt "Show all
files" & UNcheck "Hide file extensions...".
(b) Open Explorer to "C:\Program Files\WindowsUpdate", and
(c) Delete everything in this folder EXCEPT the V4 folder.
(d) Open the V4 folder, and delete everything in it EXCEPT for the
"iuhist.xml" file.

(4) http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q238165
Deleting APPLOG Content
(a) You won't even see it, unless "START, Settings, Folder Options,
View tab" is bolted "Show all files"; may as well uncheck "Hide file
extensions..." too.
(b) START, Find, Files or Folders, Applog"
(c) Double-click the Applog folder to open it.
(d) On the Edit menu, click Select all.
(e) On the File menu, click Delete, and then click Yes when you are
prompted to confirm the deletion.

APPLOG is used by Defrag to optimize the location of files on your
partition. (Some files in it seem extraordinarily large.) It will be
recreated and the contents will accumulate, as the second time any app
is run it generates an .LGC in that folder. (Optlog.txt, in that folder,
will be recreated, when next you Defrag. Save the old one only to retain
a record of every app that has run, at least twice, to the date of your
last Defrag.)

(5) "START, Find, F/F, fff*". Got any, with a name that is tons long?
Then...

.......Quote.........
You find that you are accumulating a lot of temporary files in your
Windows directory that start with fff and have a .tmp extension, similar
to this:

fff137e3_{3BC6A120-EFC3-11D2-96F7-D0634EC10000}.tmp
fff137e3_{3BC6A121-EFC3-11D2-96F7-D0634EC10000}.tmp

These files are created by a bug in certain versions of MDM.EXE....two
every time it is loaded.
See he
OFF2000: Files Whose Name Begins with 'fff' Appear in Windows Folder"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=221438

OFF: How to Turn Off Machine Debug Manager, Mdm.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321410

MDM is loaded with programs such as Office, and Microsoft Script
Debugger.
The fix is to prevent it from loading, by renaming the file, and
removing its reference in the startup group.

Rename MDM.EXE to MDM.EX_ or MDM.BAD, or something like that.
Look for any reference to MDM.EXE in the Startup folders:
C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
C:\Windows\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp
and in the registry run key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run
and delete it.

Then delete all those fff___.tmp files.
Note that if you reinstall any of the programs that added MDM.EXE, you
may get it loaded back, and will have to disable it again.

....glen
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
.......End....of quote.......

(6) Also, do you have SpyBot? Then...
"START, Find, F/F, 'Checks*.*, Fixes*.*'" (No quotes; yes comma). If you
have a ton of these, then delete them. Go to the Settings screen of
SpyBot, & turn off both the Checks & Fixes logs.


http://www.pcmag.com/ 's HDValet can help with that. It is configurable,
& installs with pre-configured suggestions. By design, it will not
delete empty folders, after the files are gone. Also, it will not delete
files that are "in use". It isn't pre-configured to delete it's own log
& doesn't over-write it. So, occasionally, do go in and trim it.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Menno Hershberger" wrote in message
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| "Gary S. Terhune" wrote in
| :
|
| Suggest you convert E:\ to FAT32. Create a folder there called
| anything (though you might typically call it "My Documents", then
| right click on the "My Documents" desktop item, Properties. You can
| direct it to use whatever folder you want it to, and in this case
you
| want to use the newly created folder. An option exists to move
| everything from the old "My Documents folder to the new. Suggest you
| use that, then delete the old C:\My Documents" folder (after making
| sure it's empty.)
|
| "My Documents", as it appears on the Desktop and at the top of the
| Windows Explorer tree, is also known as the "Personal" Shell folder
| Anything that defaults to "My Documents" will default to wherever
the
| "Personal" environment is Set to be in the Registry. Unfortunately,
| many programs discover this information while installing, use it to
| set their own "default" Save locations, etc., and retain it forever
| afterwards until you reinstall them. You might, instead, want to use
| Find in the Registry, search up the old path, and replace it
wherever
| it occurs.
|
|
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Sh
| ell Folders
|
| But, more to the point... Norton *what*? Why does it prevent you
from
| converting to FAT32? Regardless, why not UNINSTALL that blasted
| Norton, get something better and then do some finagling to get it
all
| back to one partition? BootIt NG is a simple partitioning tool that
| can accomplish it. Ask if you'd like to hear more on the subject.
Also
| sounds like that system could use some cleaning out. Perhaps you
have
| a ton of TEMP files and unnecessary Uninstall backups you could
dump?
| The Fat 32 converter popped up the message about not being able to
| convert the Norton installation. I could have, and probably should
have
| uninstalled it and started over. My guess is that the machine
probably
| originally had Windows 95 on it and that's why the small partitions in
the
| first place. I've never used Bootit NG, but I've heard a lot about it.
It
| couldn't be any more dangerous than Partition Magic! There wouldn't
have
| been room for PM on there anyway.
| I did manage to get the swap file, TIF files, and My Documents
moved, I
| cleaned out the windows\temp folder and then set TEMP and TMP to
| d:\temp in autoexec.bat. I've got about 400 Mb free on C now.
| My biggest problem is that he has already installed some program
files
| on D, including Norton. If I went the whole route I'd have to
uninstall all
| those and reinstall after making it all one partition. And I'm not
sure if
| he has the installation CD's or whatever to reinstall it all with.
It's an
| old 266 and it takes forever to do anything. I'll check with him and
if
| he's not in a hurry, I may just set it aside for a couple of days and
then
| tackle it when I have more time. I've got a couple of others sitting
here
| right now that are going to have to take precedence.
| Thanks to you and PCR for your tips. I've got everything moved
that's
| moveable. I didn't do any manual registry changes since if I DO decide
to
| put it all into one partiton, I'd have to undo them again.
|
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