Posted February 2, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Dencandy Posted February 2, Well he's a start, layresearcher: - Apple Software Update - you only need this if you use Apple or Mac software.
I will move this topic to a more appropriate forum. Forgive me if I've misunderstood but: Are all of these programs running all the time?
Do they all run at startup? ComputerSponge Posted February 6, Posted February 6, Posted March 10, Thanks for replies members. CCleaner looks like a great tool. And other advice will be valuable too. Been offline alot with alot of Reuter hassels flattie has had. Thanks in advance. Posted March 11, Dencandy Posted March 11, Boris Posted March 11, Posted March 12, And while you're at it updating your system, you could also update - Adobe Reader 9.
Startup Inspector works on all versions of Windows. Dencandy Posted March 13, Posted March 13, Seshomaru Samma Posted March 13, Foxit Reader is bundled with the much dreaded Ask Toolbar spyware ; see this post. Boris Posted March 13, Dencandy Posted March 14, Posted March 14, Join the conversation You can post now and register later.
Since you can use the Disc Defragmenter tool to clean up your hard drive and and rearrange the files so the computer runs smoothly again, downloading and deleting isn't a concern. Basic computer maintenance with this program takes care of any potential problems; you can also set the tool to run when you aren't at the computer. When a download is initiated, a temporary file is created on your hard drive and removed when the computer is shut down later.
If your computer has ever been incorrectly powered down, the temporary file may still be taking up a small amount of space on your hard drive. If you're concerned about the downloads you're deleting, run Disk Cleanup in your system tools to take care of any lingering temporary files that are clogging up your hard drive.
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Not only does it save space on the C: drive but it also helps to preverve downloaded stuff. In fact I have a special Download folder on the H: drive. BillyBob ,. Log in or Sign up to hide this advert. You can delete the contents of both folders. Of course, if you delete those in the downloaded program files folder and you run across something on the web that requires one of the active x files you'll have to redownload it.
No biggy there though. Deleting the java ones will break your java though I believe. Worst case senario there would once again be that you'd have to download and reinstall it.
BillyBob I don't think you can move those folders. They are system folders and my guess is that you'd have to edit the registry to move them.
Where in the registry that would be at I have no idea. Have a look in Windows explorer. You'll see that you have them too. Zander ,. BillyBob, Thanks. I'll try moving them to another drive. I do have a download folder on the "D" drive.
Thats just for the download, the installs, i kinda leave as the default until i decide if i want to keep it or not. The vendors, after all, have a vested interest in getting us to abandon our oldies but goodies. I will soon have to scrub or nuke my Windoze 7 instalation because of it. Also, is this the one that fills all available memory space with instances of COM Surrogate? Is it not the case that sometimes the installation files are also the uninstall files?
This is true. More often the setup process will install an uninstall program of some sort, or copy what needs to be saved to the install folder. I actually deleted the setup files of a software and now the software is not working and i need the setup to reinstall. Is there any solution to my problem except downloading the whole thing again as it was pretty huge.
I zipped all files that were downloaded by Canon when installing a printer. It is huge! The last time I deleted this file I had to reinstall the printer, thus creating all these duplicate files. I am not sure what is safe to remove. Hi Leo , i always used to receive your newsletter and i think it was lost when a friend built the pc i am on now.
It said email address blocked. Refer to? When you have time to look at this i would like to subscribe again. Thank You , Don Barajas….. All I can suggest is subscribing using a different email address. Hi Leo, I was pleased to read your suggestion to save set-up files etc. Leo, was my choice to MOVE them to a flash drive a mistake?
Cheers and Happy New Year. USB flash drive have a limited amount of writes before they start to fail. My personal opinion of USB flash drives is that they are great for copying data from one computer to one computer or device to another. Literally — Move is often implemented as a copy followed by a delete. Thank you for sharing this. I have always been curious about deleting downloads and you explained it very well in this article. Comments violating those rules will be removed.
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