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re: Question about 'Clean up your hard disk'
Monday, August 4, 2003 at 4:09 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(19381 messages posted)
Technically speaking, the listings in the registry are not files. You can delete
some lines to reclaim some space, but delete the wrong ones, and you've killed your
system, and it won't delete any files. The best thing probably is a clean re-install.
It's really hard to clean up someone elses mess, even if you know software very well.
On Monday, August 4, 2003 at 2:40 pm, Jenny wrote:
>Hello, we bought a gateway pc from a neighbor. It is running windows Xp. It as an
>8 Gig hard drive. I am running explorer and outlook express. The Problem I have
is
>they were download crazy and just have tons of programs on here. I want to delete
>as many things as windows does not need to free up space. How can I be sure which
>programs are windows or explorer needed before I send them away? I also have many
>programs listed in the add and remove box that do not exist any longer but must
still
>have files in the registry. Is there a way of knowing which registry files belong
>to windows, explorer or outlook.
>
>Thanks in advance Jen
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