Advice needed re C/:Program Files & C/:Program Filesx86 folders

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Hello,
I use Win7 64bit Pro and am trying to free up space on my almost full ssd.

I've cleaned out all the temp stuff ect. and a few programs I no longer need, however, while doing this I realised a lot of space is used up by some 64bit programs in my C/:program Files folder because the same programs (in 32bit) are also in my C/: Program Filesx86 folder. For example the C/:program Files/Internet Explorer folder size is 29MB but in "C/:program Filesx86/Internet Explorer" the folder size is only 9.65MB. So the is a 20MB difference between the two and the really annoying thing about this is that I never use IE anyway! I also have several other programs duplicated in the same way.and I could free up a good deal of space by getting rid of one of each.

My question is then, do I really need to have both 64bit & 32bit versions of the same program installed on my computer? And as my 64bit programs are not listed in Control Panel's Add/Remove List how do I uninstall any of them?

Thanks.
 
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I would leave the files in the Program Files and Program Files(x86) folders alone. You could end up doing a lot of damage messing with those files. A better way to free up some disk space would be to delete some old restore points and disable hibernation.
"To Turn off Hibernation

In Windows 7, the option of hibernation is enabled and is turned on by default. The hibernation option should be available in the start menu, but if you wish to turn off the hibernation, certain basic steps need to be followed.

A command prompt needs to be opened. Type “cmd” in the start search option and then press “Shift + Ctrl + Enter” on the keyboard.
Another option is to select Run from the Cmd search results
Type the command “powercfg -h off”...

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Even if you free up 30 MB by deleting the IE folder completely how long will that last? (or even if you scrape together an entire gigabyte by deleting little things here and there)... I would save up and buy a non-SSD and hook it up just for data storage while keeping OS & games on the SSD
 
I would leave the files in the Program Files and Program Files(x86) folders alone. You could end up doing a lot of damage messing with those files. A better way to free up some disk space would be to delete some old restore points and disable hibernation.
"To Turn off Hibernation

In Windows 7, the option of hibernation is enabled and is turned on by default. The hibernation option should be available in the start menu, but if you wish to turn off the hibernation, certain basic steps need to be followed.

A command prompt needs to be opened. Type “cmd” in the start search option and then press “Shift + Ctrl + Enter” on the keyboard.
Another option is to select Run from the Cmd search results
Type the command “powercfg -h off” and press enter
By typing the above command the hibernation option will turn off from the computer."
Source: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht073425?tabName=Solutions
 
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Many thanks for the replies to my query.

I apologies for not explaining my situation a little clearer. I use Win7 64bit Pro and I have 2x1TB HDD's and 1x60Gb SSD. The SSD is my Local Disk C/: and contains my Windows installation with AntiVirus and Antimalware programs. My Printer and Browser programs are also on the SSD. All my documents, image files, videos etc are on my 1st Hdd (Storage Disk D/:) and this drive also contains my not so essential software programs, games etc. The 2nd 1TB Hdd is partioned into Storage Disk E/: (which I use to store all my video editing files), and Backup Disk F/: which, as the name implies, I keep my Windows Backup and System Image files.

The reason I am trying to free up space is because recently when trying to copy a video from a 4.27Gb DVD-R to another DVD-R disk of the same size, a Windows message box kept popping up telling me I had not enough space on the disk and needed to free up another 40Kbs. At first I thought it was talking about the DVD disk but soon realised it meant my Local Disk C/. This is why I was trying to "....scrape together an entire gigabyte by deleting little things here and there", as Jecket mentions.

However, kenrivers' suggestion of disabling Hibernation seems to have done the trick and I now have 9.02GB of free space. So all's well.

Thanks for the help,
Baz33

 

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