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Are these files needed ?
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Are these files needed ?
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Posted by Tom
(379 messages posted)
Hi.
Have Windows XP Pro.
At the time after installing SP3 and each time after
Windows Update, I delete the uninstall KB subfolders
from Windows folder.
Also deleting all files & subfolders from
Windows/SoftwareDistribution/Download folder.
Recently I've noticed the Windows/ie7updates folder
that Contains KB subfolders. Are those needed after
installing updates to IE7 ? or its OK to delete.
Same question for Windows/ie7 folder
(the folder name is in blue color). Contains files like
DLLs & lots of regxxxxx & spuninst Subfolder.
Also what about Windows/Driver Cache/i386/
sp2 & sp3 cabinet files ?
Thanks.
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re: Are these files needed ?
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Posted by MartinM
(7551 messages posted)
Before answering, I have to ask you why you want to do this ? Are you desperately
short of disk space perhaps ?
If the answer is "no" then I would just leave them. They do all have a use, even
if they are rarely required - but its on that rare occasion that you need them that
you could regret their absence.
Having said that, if your system is stable for a few weeks after an update you can
safely delete all the "KB" files - these are the files to uninstall the updates if
necessary.
Leave the others alone. In some cases they can be deleted and in others not but,
reading between the lines to guess at your computer knowledge, I'd say you are getting
into dangerous territory and could easily trash your system.
I repeat what I said at the beginning at the risk of being boring - system files
are there for a purpose and there's no point in messing with them without a very
good reason. System Restore will not bring back wrongly deleted files.
PS Folder show as blue in Windows Explorer when they are compressed (probably when
you did a disk clean-up, and these files are rarely used).
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re: Are these files needed ?
Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 7:08 am
Posted by Tom
(379 messages posted)
OK. Thanks MartinM.
On Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 10:41 pm, MartinM wrote:
>
>Before answering, I have to ask you why you want to do this ? Are you desperately
>short of disk space perhaps ?
>
>If the answer is "no" then I would just leave them. They do all have a use, even
>if they are rarely required - but its on that rare occasion that you need them that
>you could regret their absence.
>
>Having said that, if your system is stable for a few weeks after an update you can
>safely delete all the "KB" files - these are the files to uninstall the updates
if
>necessary.
>
>Leave the others alone. In some cases they can be deleted and in others not but,
>reading between the lines to guess at your computer knowledge, I'd say you are getting
>into dangerous territory and could easily trash your system.
>
>I repeat what I said at the beginning at the risk of being boring - system files
>are there for a purpose and there's no point in messing with them without a very
>good reason. System Restore will not bring back wrongly deleted files.
>
>PS Folder show as blue in Windows Explorer when they are compressed (probably when
>you did a disk clean-up, and these files are rarely used).
>
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