-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Registered Packages and Drivers (do I need them?)

Personally I would not play with any files I don't know what they are, esp ones 
in the windows directory.  Also, in my opine, hidden files are hid for a reason 
most likely so one does not delete them accidently.  all that said  and done 
correct me if I am wrong but when you move a file does not the OS keep track of 
it and know where its been moved to?  If this is so moving it to the desktop, 
or where ever and all works well, does not prove or even suggest the files are 
not required.
   
  messing with registered files would really scares me, but then again I don't 
like to reformat or reinstall on the system I use . . . I might try it on a 
"play computer"  just to see though.
   
  Bob
"Harold B." <harold7@xxxxxxx> wrote:
  Hello again,



ORIGINAL POSTING

I'm wondering about this folder in my Windows directory called 
"RegisteredPackages" ... 54 MB and inside are 20 folders with long numbered 
names. I don't know what this folder is for, even after googling it, and I 
find different opinions regarding delete or no delete. Right now I have that 
folder in a "Hold" folder that I keep on the desktop (waiting to see what 
happens). Everything is working fine on the computer so what do PCTechTalk 
members know about "Registered Packages" and do I need it?



In addition, I also have this folder in C:\hp (hp is an invisible folder). 
One of the inside folders is called "Drivers" and 70 MB. I put that folder, 
too, in my desktop "Hold" folder to see what happens (before deleting it), 
and all is working well. What is that "Drivers" folder for, and of course, 
do I need it?



Seems neither one is necessary as they've been moved with no ill effects to 
the computer --- Harold



RESPONSES:

Lil writes ... I don't know about the Registered Packages, but couldn't hp 
stand for Hewlett Packard (drivers)? Just a thought

Joyce writes ... Norton popped up a message saying my e-mail would not go 
and I needed to go to the sent folder and re-send. Why would it do that?



And again, I write ... What do these responses have to do wth my question? 
All I want to know is, in a Compaq/Hewlett Packard Pressario computer, using 
Windows XP:

1. What is the purpose of "RegisteredPackages" found in the Windows 
directolry, and



2. What is the purpose of the "Drivers" folder found in C:\hp?



3. And do I need them? I ask, "do I need them" because I currently have 
them in a "waiting to see what happens" folder (which I call "Hold" and 
which I keep on my desktop), and with those folders moved, all continues to 
be working perfectly well with the computer (after having moved those two 
folders to "Hold").



Again, what are those two folders, and do I need them? (it appears I don't 
since moving them makes no difference)--- Harold
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