Duplicate DLLs

S

Steve3D

Upon examining a list of the large files on my C Drive, I notice there are
many WINNT DLLs in "C:\WINNT\System32" also duplicated in the
"C:\WINNT\System32\dllcache" directory. They carry the same size and
creation date in each directory.

Can I safely delete the DLLs from one or the other directory to reclaim a
lot of drive space?
 
J

Jerold Schulman

Upon examining a list of the large files on my C Drive, I notice there are
many WINNT DLLs in "C:\WINNT\System32" also duplicated in the
"C:\WINNT\System32\dllcache" directory. They carry the same size and
creation date in each directory.

Can I safely delete the DLLs from one or the other directory to reclaim a
lot of drive space?
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No.

The DLL CACHE is used for Windows File Protection.
See tip 2074 » Windows 2000 File Protection.
in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsifaq.com

See tips 2075 and 2076.
 

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