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What are the $INPLACE.~TR and $WINDOWS.~Q folders for in Windows Vista?

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Windows Vista only

The $INPLACE.~TR and $WINDOWS.~Q folders are more-or-less garbage and can be safely deleted.

If you don't feel comfortable deleting them outright, fire up the Disk Cleanup utility (click Start and type Disk), select the Files discarded by Windows upgrade item, and then click OK.

Written by: Annoyances.org
Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007

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[Windows XP] Question about 'What are the $INPLACE.~TR and $WINDOWS.~Q folders for in Windows Vista?' (TOM T: Saturday, February 24, 2007)
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