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More info?)
Now that there is what I'm talking about...
! Thank you so very much.
With that kind of assistance, I can take it from here.
But I need to do more disk cleaning (the application just doesn't cover
enough ground). Can you direct me to a source where I can get more indepth
disk cleaning information (such as, what files are residue, or can be safely
backed up and eliminated)?
"Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> I didn't mean to slap your hand.
>
> Some of the Installer files can be deleted and some can be compressed.
>
> I can't tell you first hand because I do not know what's on your machine.
> Compressing some of them may cause a slow down on the machine and it may
> not. By that I mean that if you have any MS Office applications and you go
> to add or remove an Office component, if those particular files were
> compressed, they could bog down your machine at that time.
>
> I have deleted some that I know that I don't need.
>
> And I just now deleted 101fc8.msi, Adobe Reader 6.0.
>
> Thank you for having me go back into C:\WINDOWS\Installer to take another
> look.
>
> I just compressed all the non-Office files and folders.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:AA466BCF-2F60-4BDC-92CF-F83085EB3AB4@microsoft.com,
> kimynet_me <kimynetme@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Hi: Thanks for your response, but I feel as if I just had my hand spanked
> > ("Don't touch that")
).
> >
> > While I appreciate what you are trying to tell me about the probable
> > problems that compressing those "installer files" might cause, I guess I
> > was looking for more or less technical advice with respect to what CAN be
> > done to eliminate the space these files take up. Looking in the property
> > pages, some of them are no longer being accessed. So...
> >
> > "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
> >
> >> This is just my advice. ;-)
> >>
> >> WINDOWS Installer folder
> >>
> >> To avoid all kinds of errors with applications such as MS Office, leave
> >> the C:\WINDOWS\Installer folder alone.
> >>
> >> %systemroot%\Installer
> >>
> >> --
> >> Hope this helps. Let us know.
> >>
> >> Wes
> >> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> >>
> >> In news:1974B5E1-D720-4EA0-9AB5-475E6C378217@microsoft.com,
> >> kimynet_me <kimynetme@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> >>> What purpose is served by the numerous files in this
> >>> directory(C:\Windows\Installer\*.*) ? These files take up an lot of
> >>> space. Would it be safe to remove these or at least backup them up and
> >>> store them?
>
>
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