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Question about 'What to Throw Away'
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Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Monday, May 13, 2002 at 5:08 am
Posted by Anastashya
(90 messages posted)
I read that it is possible to delete the "Uninstall" data, but I would like to know
if I can delete the uninstallation junk left behind by IE? There is a folder in
explorer called Uninstallation, but I am not sure if it is safe to delete. Not sure
where this "tune up wizard" is either ?????? Is that the "Maintainance Wizard" in
ME?
-Anastashya
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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Monday, May 13, 2002 at 11:45 pm
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(32675 messages posted)
Re: the uninstall data for I.E......no, leave them there, or you'll have problems,
if ever need to revert to an older version for some reason. Plus, do NOT delete install
log files, because programs need those for an uninstall.
CJ
On Monday, May 13, 2002 at 5:08 am, Anastashya wrote:
>
>I read that it is possible to delete the "Uninstall" data, but I would like to know
>if I can delete the uninstallation junk left behind by IE? There is a folder in
>explorer called Uninstallation, but I am not sure if it is safe to delete. Not sure
>where this "tune up wizard" is either ?????? Is that the "Maintainance Wizard" in
>ME?
>
>-Anastashya
>
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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 9:23 pm
Posted by Anastashya
(90 messages posted)
Thanks CJ :-)
I like getting rid of Junk, but not deleting the whole of Win ME.
-Anastashya
On Monday, May 13, 2002 at 11:45 pm, CJ wrote:
>Re: the uninstall data for I.E......no, leave them there, or you'll have problems,
>if ever need to revert to an older version for some reason. Plus, do NOT delete
install
>log files, because programs need those for an uninstall.
>
>CJ
>
>
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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 9:45 pm
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(32675 messages posted)
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
On Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 9:23 pm, Anastashya wrote:
>Thanks CJ :-)
>
>I like getting rid of Junk, but not deleting the whole of Win ME.
>
>-Anastashya
>
>
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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 4:28 am
Posted by Anastashya
(90 messages posted)
CJ ! Thankyou!!! My C:\Drive is going so fast :-). I even went so far as to use IEradicator
and get rid of all the IE's plastered one on top of the other. I lost a few DLL files,
but replaced them and then did a full scan of directory, disk, surface in DOS, then
in windows itself. All is going fast as lightening. I can't believe it. I cleaned
up 57mb with your tips alone. Now IE6 loads web pages so fast the graphics can't
keep up.
Thankyou again!
-Ana
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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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 12:13 pm
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(32675 messages posted)
LOL.....Wow! 57mb??? You did have junk to clear out, didn't you! You're welcome.....:)
On Thursday, May 16, 2002 at 4:28 am, Anastashya wrote:
>CJ ! Thankyou!!! My C:\Drive is going so fast :-). I even went so far as to use
IEradicator
>and get rid of all the IE's plastered one on top of the other. I lost a few DLL
files,
>but replaced them and then did a full scan of directory, disk, surface in DOS, then
>in windows itself. All is going fast as lightening. I can't believe it. I cleaned
>up 57mb with your tips alone. Now IE6 loads web pages so fast the graphics can't
>keep up.
>
>Thankyou again!
>-Ana
>
>
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re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Friday, September 5, 2003 at 8:36 am
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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