Profile Size

[Mike]

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How do I go about finding out why a profile is a large as it is? I have 3
profiles on one laptop -- one is 30MB, one is 90MB and one is 2450MB (2.5
GB). I am concerned about the 2.5GB profile.

Or, should I not be concerned?

Mike

 

[Guest]

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In news:65FCC743-6AEC-4A4B-972E-09C3E72772A4@microsoft.com,
Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> How do I go about finding out why a profile is a large as it is? I
> have 3 profiles on one laptop -- one is 30MB, one is 90MB and one is
> 2450MB (2.5 GB). I am concerned about the 2.5GB profile.
>
> Or, should I not be concerned?
>
> Mike

You probably have stuff on the desktop, and My Documents hasn't been
redirected elsewhere (which I always like to do). Google for TreeSize Pro
and try the eval - it's a very handy utility. Worth buying!

 

[Mike]

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Thanks for the reply.

I have checked the desktop and can only see icons (no programs, pictures,
etc. to be seen). When I check the size of the "desktop" folder within the
profile, it is only 180K.



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

>
>
> In news:65FCC743-6AEC-4A4B-972E-09C3E72772A4@microsoft.com,
> Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > How do I go about finding out why a profile is a large as it is? I
> > have 3 profiles on one laptop -- one is 30MB, one is 90MB and one is
> > 2450MB (2.5 GB). I am concerned about the 2.5GB profile.
> >
> > Or, should I not be concerned?
> >
> > Mike
>
> You probably have stuff on the desktop, and My Documents hasn't been
> redirected elsewhere (which I always like to do). Google for TreeSize Pro
> and try the eval - it's a very handy utility. Worth buying!
>
>
>

 

[Mike]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

Let me clarify, when I mentioned "icons" I meant shortcut icons.

"Mike" wrote:

> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I have checked the desktop and can only see icons (no programs, pictures,
> etc. to be seen). When I check the size of the "desktop" folder within the
> profile, it is only 180K.
>
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In news:65FCC743-6AEC-4A4B-972E-09C3E72772A4@microsoft.com,
> > Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > > How do I go about finding out why a profile is a large as it is? I
> > > have 3 profiles on one laptop -- one is 30MB, one is 90MB and one is
> > > 2450MB (2.5 GB). I am concerned about the 2.5GB profile.
> > >
> > > Or, should I not be concerned?
> > >
> > > Mike
> >
> > You probably have stuff on the desktop, and My Documents hasn't been
> > redirected elsewhere (which I always like to do). Google for TreeSize Pro
> > and try the eval - it's a very handy utility. Worth buying!
> >
> >
> >

 

[Guest]

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In news:2FE02488-D240-462C-8BCE-5C6A007DDEA2@microsoft.com,
Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Let me clarify, when I mentioned "icons" I meant shortcut icons.

OK.
Use TreeSize Pro and you'll see where stuff is hiding.


>
> "Mike" wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> I have checked the desktop and can only see icons (no programs,
>> pictures, etc. to be seen). When I check the size of the "desktop"
>> folder within the profile, it is only 180K.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In news:65FCC743-6AEC-4A4B-972E-09C3E72772A4@microsoft.com,
>>> Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>>> How do I go about finding out why a profile is a large as it is? I
>>>> have 3 profiles on one laptop -- one is 30MB, one is 90MB and one
>>>> is 2450MB (2.5 GB). I am concerned about the 2.5GB profile.
>>>>
>>>> Or, should I not be concerned?
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>
>>> You probably have stuff on the desktop, and My Documents hasn't been
>>> redirected elsewhere (which I always like to do). Google for
>>> TreeSize Pro and try the eval - it's a very handy utility. Worth
>>> buying!

 

[Guest]

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From: "Mike" <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com>

| Let me clarify, when I mentioned "icons" I meant shortcut icons.
|
| "Mike" wrote:

It could be your IE cache as it is in your profile. The iE cache only needs to be about
10MB !

It could be you data you stored your "My Documents" folder or it could be data stored by
various software in your "Application Data" tree.

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