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On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:48:20 GMT, "Bill Ridgeway" <info@1001solutions.co.uk>
wrote:
>Thanks.
>
>So, contrary to advice from Ted Zieglar, it would seem that you are saying
>that it is safe to delete all desktop.ini files. I appreciate that these
>contribute a small use of disk space but, on principal, I just don't like
>unnecessary files cluttering up the place. Probably comes from the days
>when we didn't have oceans of space available.
>
>Bill Ridgeway
If you're using XP, I'd say that war's lost. XP is the worst space waster of
any OS windows ever made. It creates stuff in places you didn't know there were
places.
If you're wasting time trying to clean up the mess of redundant files, it's not
going to happen.
Just by having a 1 user setup, automatically creates a DUPE of ALL users, and
ADMIN folders.
That can amount to 600 megs or more of redundancy.
And then there's those hidden folders that you can't even see.
This is the money tree that M$ has been trying to grow since the 1st z80 sold
for $500 and it was just a PC board, no keyboard, monitor or any peripherals.
The only thing you can do, is delete those things you can do without that you
can find.
Pong was more advanced than that thing.
>
>"Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@notmail.com> wrote in message
>news:O7yVgId8EHA.1188@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Desktop.ini describes the characteristics of a folder. For example, if you
>> have customized the icon for a folder, that information is contained in
>> that
>> folder's desktop.ini file. Delete it, and folder goes back to the default
>> icon.
>>
>> If you delete desktop.ini in a Windows system folder - My Documents, for
>> example - it will be recreated the next time you restart your computer.
>> --
>> Ted Zieglar
>>
>>
>> "Bill Ridgeway" <info@1001solutions.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:JohCd.166$WG4.65@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>>> Thanks. So what are the desktop.ini for please.
>>>
>>> Bill Ridgeway
>>>
>>> "Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:Oxx1o1Y8EHA.2452@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> > Hi
>>> >
>>> > Not the desktop.ini files, but the .GID files can be deleted. Although
>>> > the .GID files will be re-created whenever you use a help file.
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Will Denny
>>> > MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>> > Please reply to the News Groups
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > "Bill Ridgeway" <info@1001solutions.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> > news:QqaCd.508$Ik7.382@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
>>> >> Is it safe to delete all desktop.ini and *.gid files?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks.
>>> >>
>>> >> Bill Ridgeway
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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