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Throwing Things Away in Me
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Throwing Things Away in Me
Monday, October 25, 2004 at 8:08 pm
Posted by Kim W.
(13 messages posted)
After reviewing the "what to throw away" article, I was inspired to try. I did a
search for and found the various file types in the root directory and in the Windows
folder (.LOG, .BAK, .---, etc.) and deleted things according to the article's recommendations.
However, a lot of files of these types were in the various program file directory
folders as well. Is it also safe to delete those?
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re: Throwing Things Away in Me
Monday, October 25, 2004 at 11:27 pm
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(33507 messages posted)
That article is very outdated, and the suggestion that 'all' .log files can be deleted
is bad advice. Programs install.log files are needed, when/if you UNinstall the
programs. If they're missing, they can't be properly removed. You'd need to reinstall
them, in order to uninstall. Most other log files can go, but you need to check those
out first.
Check this recent post on the 98 forum, for clearing out junk files. Disregard the
registry cleaner and Spider download.
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1098567985
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
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re: Throwing Things Away in Me
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 at 8:46 am
Posted by Cam
(4178 messages posted)
EMERGENCY BOOT DISK FREEWARE
After four years of struggling with ME I threw the entire operating system away and
moved to XP Pro. I was lucky in that my computer is compatible. (Made for Windows
2000 Professional)
When using ME I put it on a 4096Mb (4·0Gb) drive C: and made three further Logical
drives, D: (Moving the My Documents folder to this drive), E: (Moving the Email folder
to this drive) , & F: which I used for Music, and as an Archive.
I installed, updated (needs a Service Pack really) tuned, and got it running to perfection
then, after disconnecting from the internet and cleaning up with EmpTemp, (Don't
use EmpRunner) CCleaner, and RegCleaner 4·3, I scanned with SpyBot SD, AdAware SE
& SpywareBlaster, deleting everything found and deleting all backups. I turned System
Restore off and deleted the hidden C:\_RESTORE Folder from the bootdiskette prompt:
A:\>deltree c:\_restore , pressing Enter, and answering Yes to deleting all
the sub-folders.
I put delindex.bat on the bootdiskette and was able to delete just a little more
with:
A:\>delindex run
... and then I imaged drive C: to three CDRs to restore with, instead of relying
on system restore which I found to be - practically - useless.
Now that I use XP Professional, I don't have to take medication anymore ... ;-)
Mac
WINDOWS SUPPORT RAM
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re: Throwing Things Away in Me
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 at 7:15 pm
Posted by Kim W.
(13 messages posted)
Can the files with the extensions mentioned in that post be deleted from ANY directory?
On Monday, October 25, 2004 at 11:27 pm, Carol J wrote:
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>That article is very outdated, and the suggestion that 'all' .log files can be deleted
>is bad advice. Programs install.log files are needed, when/if you UNinstall the
>programs. If they're missing, they can't be properly removed. You'd need to reinstall
>them, in order to uninstall. Most other log files can go, but you need to check
those
>out first.
>
>Check this recent post on the 98 forum, for clearing out junk files. Disregard the
>registry cleaner and Spider download.
>
>http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1098567985
>
>
>color="CC00FF">
>Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
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re: Throwing Things Away in Me
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 at 9:50 pm
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(33507 messages posted)
Yes, they can be deleted no matter which directory they're located in.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites
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