Boldly Delete Windows files

For various considerations, there are many files in the installation directory of the XP system that will not affect the installation. Next we will look at what is streamlined.

1. Clean up my documents

"My Documents" is called "documents and" in the system
Settings ", which is a special directory in XP, which records some special file information of the user. Next, let's see what can be deleted.

C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ All Users \ Application
Data \ Microsoft \ Media Index

This folder is related to wmps8. If you have upgraded to wmp9, you can delete it.

C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ All Users \ Application
Data \ Microsoft \ Media Player

This folder is related to wmp9. If wmp9 is not commonly used, you can delete it without affecting the use of wmp9 in the future. Because the system will automatically recreate the content when wmp9 is used next time.

C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ All Users \ Application Data \ Microsoft \ User
Account pictures \ default pictures

These images are used when you set up an account or use MSN. They can be deleted or replaced with your favorite images.

C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ All Users \ Documents ents (or shared
Documents) \ my music

This directory is special. Its name is different from the name displayed in the toolbar. The actual steps for entering this directory are: "C: \ Documents ents and
Settings \ All Users \ "→" shared document "→" shared music ". Generally, users do not place music files here. If they do not, they can delete them.

C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ All Users \ Documents ents (or shared documents ENTs )\
My pictures

Similar to the my music directory, you can delete an image without placing it here.

C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ My Documents ents \ my music

Generally, music is stored in hard disks, So delete it. Note that if you often play WMA files, you will inevitably download some music playing licenses to the local hard disk, and the system will put these licenses in this directory by default, if you see the license Backup directory in the directory, we recommend that you copy it to another location and change the path in WMP: Tools/license management. You can also delete this certificate, which will be automatically downloaded from the Internet the next time you play the video.

C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ All Users \ [start] Menu \Program\ Accessories \ Auxiliary Tools

The shortcut of the system Auxiliary Function Wizard is stored here, which is prepared for users who have special requirements. If you are not familiar with it, you can delete it.

C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ All Users \ [start] Menu \ Program \ attachment \ Communication

This can also be completely deleted, because it is just a shortcut icon.

C: \ Documents ents and Settings \ User Name \ [start] Menu \ Program \ attachment
This directory is a shortcut icon for some programs. There are very few functions actually used in the attachment, and only "Notepad" and "Windows Resource Manager" are commonly used ". Copy these programs to "C :\
Documents and Settings \ All Users \ [start] Menu \ Program \ attachment, and then delete this directory.

C: \ Documents and Settings \ User Name \ favorites

The shortcut icon here is "MSN. COM and radio station guide. Have you used these? If it is useless, delete it.

C: \ Documents and Settings \ User Name \ favorites \ links

As shown in the preceding figure, you can delete this directory if it is not used. Modify the Registry to permanently delete the linked folder. In the registry, find "HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \
Microsoft \ Internet Explorer \ toolbar, and delete the value of "linksfoldername" on the right.

2. Start with Program Files

"C: \ Program Files" is familiar to everyone, because the default installation path is here when installing the program. Next let's take a look at the content.

C: \ Program Files \ Windows Update

This directory is used for upgrade and can be deleted. You only need to log on to the Windows upgrade website again to upgrade the directory system.

C: \ Program Files \ Windows Media Player \ skins

This is the "skin" that comes with WMP. I believe that many "skins" won't be used. Instead, we should leave only a few common ones and delete the remaining ones.

C: \ Program Files \ common files \ microsoft shared \ stationery

This is a stationery pattern in outlook. It can be used and deleted if it is not used. If you do not need outlook to send and receive emails, delete all emails.

C: \ Program Files \ Internet Explorer \ signup

There is a program shortcut to start the Network Setting wizard. If your network is normal and you do not need the help of the wizard, delete it.

Iii. Windows directories can also be cleaned up

Do not be intimidated by "C: \ Windows". Many items can be deleted. In this directory,. Bak,. BMP,. Old,. tmp files can be deleted. In addition to schedlgu.txt (which is used to schedule task program services), The. txt file can also be deleted. Notepad.exeand taskman.exe can also be deleted, because there is a backup under the "System32" directory. In addition, clock. Avi and control. ini files can be deleted without affecting the system.

C: \ windows \ $ ntuninstall $

This is the directory automatically created by the system when Windows is upgraded online. It is used to conveniently uninstall installed system patches. If the patch runs properly, these directories will be meaningless. You can safely delete these directories and files. You can uninstall these patches in "add or delete programs". Of course, the patches are not actually deleted, but the "add or delete programs" window is cleaned up.

C: \ windows \ cursors

This directory contains the mouse solution. If it cannot be used, delete it.

C: \ windows \ Help

When you run Windows XP for the first time, the system always prompts you to run "Roaming windows
XP ", the Chinese version uses an HTML format file, only files, no sound. In fact, the English version of the roaming function is also installed in the system. Although it is English, there are languages, music, and beautiful animations. It is called "tours/mmtour.exe" in the directory ". If no, delete the entire "Tours" directory. Before that \
System32 \ dllcache.exe and c: \ windows \
The “tourstart.exe file under the system32w.directory.

C: \ windows \ INF

In this directory, we can see many files with the same file name and different suffixes:. inf and. PNF.
. PNF is the pre-compiled file of the. inf file. If the. PNF file does not exist, the. inf file will automatically create the corresponding. PNF file when it is run. Therefore, all. PNF files in this directory can be deleted.

C: \ windows \ Media

This is the system's built-in mid and WAV sound effects, which can be deleted if you like them.

C: \ windows \ Temp

This is a temporary folder. You can delete it. However, you should note that it is best to delete it after the system is started, because many software installation programs will use the files here after the new startup to complete the final installation.

C: \ windows \ Web

Both the "GIF" and "htm" files can be deleted. Go to the "Wallpaper" directory and check that most of the desktop backgrounds that come with the system are here. If you do not like them, you can delete them.

C: \ windows \ system32

There are many folders named "1033", which mainly store system error reports, most of which are empty folders, which can be safely deleted.

C: \ windows \ system32 \ direct \ dinput

The files in this directory are mainly game device configuration files. If they are not used, delete them.

C: \ windows \ system32 \ reinstallbackups

There are many sub-directories that are backed up by hardware drivers on the computer. If you upgrade or replace a hardware and are sure that the original driver will not be used, you can delete the corresponding directory.

In addition, you can search for the "desktop. ini" file in the system and delete it all. If a "desktop. ini" file is required by the system, the system will recreate it as needed. In the root directory of the C drive, there are four files: autoexec. bat, config. sys, Io. sys, and msdos. SYS. If they are 0 bytes, they can be deleted.