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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Friday, September 5, 2003 at 8:36 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Valerie
(2 messages posted)
Hi, I know nothing about computers and I've had this one for almost 3 yrs. At this
point, there's a lot of junk on here. I did a search for the file extensions mentioned
below, and I have a lot of them. Some of them look like they're part of programs
(or applications or whatever they're called... haha) I use every day. Are they still
ok to remove?? For example, I use CallWave and I have a files called IAMSETUP.EXE.log.bak,
and IAM.EXE.log.bak. Do I need these?? Thank you!
On Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 9:45 pm, CJ wrote:
>Your welcome,
>
>I like to get rid of junk, too. Here's some more for you to work on. =) You can
key
>in several file extensions at the same time, just seperate with a semi-colon....no
>spaces.
>
>*.000 *.001 *.002 *.003 (etc.) *.---
>*.CHK *.Gid *.Bak *.OLD *.prv *.fts *.ftg chklist
>*.ftg chklist *mscreate.dir
>
>Safe to delete anything beginning with ~ such as ~mssetup.t
>
>Get rid of any pre-installed "Online Services" folder. Go into "Add/Remove Programs"
>in the Control Panel and uninstall it, then go into "Windows Explorer" and delete
>the entire folder.
>
>Get rid of any programs, drivers, updates, patches, etc. that you previously downloaded
>and installed and still have stored in a download folder. Unless you have a reason
>to keep any of them for a future reinstall, delete them all.
>
>Get rid of excessive screensavers. Type *.SCR, then bring up the list. Open each
>one to see what it is. Delete the ones you no longer use or want. (Note: If a screensaver
>is listed in "Add/Remove Programs" or is listed in the Start menu with an "Uninstall"
>or "Remove" option, remove it that way instead of just deleting the file)
>
>Get rid of excessive video clips. Type *.MOV, then open each one and see what it
>is. Delete the ones you no longer use or want. Do the same with *.AVI files.
>(Note: A new computer normally comes with several introductory and advertisement-type
>movie clips where can consume a lot of hard drive space)
>
>Once you are finished, view contents, and Empty the Recyle Bin. Once you empty the
>Recycle Bin, a lot of free space will be scattered all over your hard drive. Run
>Scan Disk and Defragmenter to optimize your hard drive and speed things up. Reboot.
>
>CJ
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