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Which installation files can be removed?
Reposting here since this newsgroup has more traffic.
-GB "computerguy" wrote in message ... I have a small HD that is running out of space and I need to regain some disk space. Can I simply delete the contents of the following C:\Windows folders without anything disasterous happening: Temp Temporary Internet Files (including Content.IE5 folder) Windows Update Setup Files Thanks in advance, -GB |
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Which installation files can be removed?
Reboot the computer, then before you run any programs or open any other
windows, you can safely empty the Temp directory. The other directories may safely be emptied at any time. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "computerguy" wrote in message . .. Reposting here since this newsgroup has more traffic. -GB "computerguy" wrote in message ... I have a small HD that is running out of space and I need to regain some disk space. Can I simply delete the contents of the following C:\Windows folders without anything disasterous happening: Temp Temporary Internet Files (including Content.IE5 folder) Windows Update Setup Files Thanks in advance, -GB |
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Which installation files can be removed?
(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 is configurable & installs with pre-configured suggestions. It can delete to the Recycle Bin, to a holding folder of it's own, or to oblivion. 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 "computerguy" wrote in message . .. | Reposting here since this newsgroup has more traffic. | | -GB | | "computerguy" wrote in message | ... | I have a small HD that is running out of space and I need to regain some | disk space. Can I simply delete the contents of the following C:\Windows | folders without anything disasterous happening: | | Temp | Temporary Internet Files (including Content.IE5 folder) | Windows Update Setup Files | | Thanks in advance, | -GB | | |
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