Remove Win98 CAB folders ?

Three weeks ago I upgraded Win98 to WinME using an upgrade disk. Everything
went well and the PC is stable. I have now been to Control Panel/Add Remove
and uninstalled the option to revert to Win98.

The WinME upgrade has put its install files into c:\windows\options\install
folder. I still have a c:\windows\options\cabs full of the Win98 install
files, and taking up 141Mb. I presume that it is safe to just delete this
folder ? I still have the original Win98 OEM install cd, and don't envision
ever having to re-install Win98. The PC is getting near the end of its
useful life (300Mhz P2 and just 3.2Gb hard drive) and HD space is at a
premium now.

Also, under the ..cabs folder are other folders that the 98 OEM install
(HP) created, folders called CHANNELS, CONTENT, Money98, MSWorks, oldinf,
OLS, PWS, TOUR and wininf. These are all features/programs that I do not
use or have installed. All have files that pre-date the original
installation. Safe to just delete these folders too ?

Deleting the cabs folder and subfolders will free 302Mb of disk space,
which I find I now need as I sometimes get low disk space warnings and have
to run disk cleanup every few days.

I am fairly certain that deleting these folders will be just fine and
dandy, but would love a 2nd opinion or two.

Thanks, Doc

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All the files and folders from the original Windows 98 setup are safe to
delete.

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"Doc" ] wrote in message
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Three weeks ago I upgraded Win98 to WinME using an upgrade disk.
Everything
went well and the PC is stable. I have now been to Control Panel/Add
Remove
and uninstalled the option to revert to Win98.

The WinME upgrade has put its install files into
c:\windows\options\install
folder. I still have a c:\windows\options\cabs full of the Win98 install
files, and taking up 141Mb. I presume that it is safe to just delete this
folder ? I still have the original Win98 OEM install cd, and don't
envision
ever having to re-install Win98. The PC is getting near the end of its
useful life (300Mhz P2 and just 3.2Gb hard drive) and HD space is at a
premium now.

Also, under the ..cabs folder are other folders that the 98 OEM install
(HP) created, folders called CHANNELS, CONTENT, Money98, MSWorks, oldinf,
OLS, PWS, TOUR and wininf. These are all features/programs that I do not
use or have installed. All have files that pre-date the original
installation. Safe to just delete these folders too ?

Deleting the cabs folder and subfolders will free 302Mb of disk space,
which I find I now need as I sometimes get low disk space warnings and
have
to run disk cleanup every few days.

I am fairly certain that deleting these folders will be just fine and
dandy, but would love a 2nd opinion or two.

Thanks, Doc

--
aardvark (ard'-vark) a controversial animal with a long probing nose used
for sniffing out the facts and stimulating thought and discussion.