[pchelpers] Re: hidden files / sob story, suggestions welcome

  • From: Cyril H Halbach <cyrilh@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 22:24:02 -0500

        There are programs that do a search and determine if you have any
dead (or unattached) files lying around such as junk left over when you
uninstall something. Both Clean Sweep and McAffee(QuickClean) have these
in their uninstall program. However there are some FreeBees on ZDNET so
you might want to look around and see what you can get. They usually are
small and should not take up a lot of disk space to install. Most of them
will dig up a list of the files for you and give you an option on which
ones you want to delete. 
[PackRats on the other hand are forced to buy 80 gig drives :)) ] 

        Cy

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:46:22 -0600 "G.R. Hanson"
<grhanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> Ok, ok, "If you guys say so!"  (regarding keeping hidden files 
> hidden)  I was just
> thinking that I might have some hidden files that belong to nothing 
> on my pc due to
> delete/uninstall's and was hoping I could have gotten rid of those 
> files.
> 
> Here's my sob story:
> I went to install a program last night.  Well, duh, it filled my pc 
> up so that I had
> 1/2 a gig left.  Before the install, I had just over a gig, 1.1 
> something or other.
> Well, I had to uninstall it in safe mode as I just could NOT boot 
> up.  When I finally
> could boot up, the uninstall had me at 800 something, not over a 
> gig.  Hmmm???  <not
> fair!>  So, I've deleted a few misc. things to get me back up to 
> over a gig free.
> 
> I have a 10 gig hard drive, running Windows 98.  Yes, I keep temp. 
> internet files
> gone, my recycle bin gets emptied often, and do a scan disk and 
> defrag about twice a
> week lately too.
> 
> Ok, now to today, I've had to cold boot a zillion times, my explorer 
> keeps 'not
> responding'.... and it's been quite frustrating.
> 
> Everything was at least working pretty well until last night <for 
> the time being at
> least>  and now I do WELL if I can boot and not have to boot a few 
> more times to get
> things to actually work without locking me up from the get-go.
> 
> <Side point: it sure seems like I have a bunch of stuff that has 
> been added to my
> windows folder that I have no idea if I can delete or not.  So they 
> are sitting
> there>
> 
> Oh, another question.... when I go to windows explorer and check 
> some directories, it
> might have something I've not heard of, and when I click on it, 
> there's not much in
> it and no exe files.  I DID delete a few of those just now, but did 
> that AFTER all
> this other stuff so I know it's not the cause of anything.
> 
> And, if a folder just has a cab file in it, can I delete that 
> safely?
> 
> <Believe me, I'm not delete happy by nature like SOME people.  I'm a 
> packrat, and
> that includes my pc!>
> 
> Anyway, any suggestions welcome.
> 
> Sigh.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> G.R. Hanson
> Arkansas USA

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