- deleting content from Docs & Settings folder ?
- Posted by E-Double on September 28th, 2005
for some reason, the folder for the primary user C:\Documents and
Settings\Username1\Local Settings is over 1.3GB wheras the same folder for
C:\Documents and Settings\Username2\Local Settings is only like 30MB. can
any or most of the content in the Username1\Local Settings folder ( which
appears to be largely left over installer files ) be safely deleted to free
up disk space ? tia ...
- Posted by Pegasus \(MVP\) on September 28th, 2005
"E-Double" <EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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This is impossible to say unless you state exactly
what's in there. If unsure, move it sideways and see
what happens.
- Posted by Ian on September 28th, 2005
Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
what directory(ies) are causing the problem.
- Posted by E-Double on September 28th, 2005
hi, the files and folders that are taking up most of the space are in the
C:\Documents and Settings\Username2\Local Settings\Temp folder, and like i
said previously they appear to be mostly left over files and folders from
previous program installs.
"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
- Posted by Pegasus \(MVP\) on September 28th, 2005
Files in the temp folder are by definition temporary and can
be safely deleted.
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