8,000 plus images in "C"'s hard drive????????

[flowerbrackob]

Was searching for some specific photos and found them easily then I looked
further and it displayed 8,000 more that are stored in here. I could identify
a lot of them from at least 5 yrs. ago. Many were Logos, icons (even for
back-n-forth arrows), smiley faces, gambling logos, stationery sample
swatches available,
some pics from old e-mail attachments & forwards, images from Kodak's order
forms and sample pics from their software to order on line , as well as
Picassa, & Wal-Mart photo services for orders, albums, etc. icons from
everywhere for navigation. There are more but I think I gave you the jist of
the question. If any of the symbols/icons have anything to do with any
software programs downloaded will deletion screw up their performance?
I tried to delete what to me looked Un-Needed as I'd never look for them
again.
Some were not able to be deleted; so I moved on. Sometimes the message:
"Can't delete DC 2548 is being used, close and try again". I did various
things: emptied the recycle bin and that worked well as I could see how full
it had become. I then deleted about just 100 at a time and then emptied. Now
then: before I continue this (what I thought was a good idea), Am I Totally
Screwing Things Up?
I delved into hidden and sub folders to come up with that immensely HUGE
amt. of files. Should I continue or not? May have made a stupid decision
here. Prayin' I didn't tho.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 9/9/2008 9:48 AM, and on a whim, flowerbrackob
pounded out on the keyboard:

Was searching for some specific photos and found them easily then I looked
further and it displayed 8,000 more that are stored in here. I could identify
a lot of them from at least 5 yrs. ago. Many were Logos, icons (even for
back-n-forth arrows), smiley faces, gambling logos, stationery sample
swatches available,
some pics from old e-mail attachments & forwards, images from Kodak's order
forms and sample pics from their software to order on line , as well as
Picassa, & Wal-Mart photo services for orders, albums, etc. icons from
everywhere for navigation. There are more but I think I gave you the jist of
the question. If any of the symbols/icons have anything to do with any
software programs downloaded will deletion screw up their performance?
I tried to delete what to me looked Un-Needed as I'd never look for them
again.
Some were not able to be deleted; so I moved on. Sometimes the message:
"Can't delete DC 2548 is being used, close and try again". I did various
things: emptied the recycle bin and that worked well as I could see how full
it had become. I then deleted about just 100 at a time and then emptied. Now
then: before I continue this (what I thought was a good idea), Am I Totally
Screwing Things Up?
I delved into hidden and sub folders to come up with that immensely HUGE
amt. of files. Should I continue or not? May have made a stupid decision
here. Prayin' I didn't tho.

Sounds like the majority of it is in your temp folders and your browser
cache. Navigate to c:\windows\temp and C:\Documents and
Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temp and clean those out, though some
files may not delete (ones in use). You can also go to C:\Documents and
Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files and remove those.

If you have backups stored locally (not that great of an idea), there
may be copies in there also.

--
Terry R.

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[Bob I]

I think your search is way too broad. stick to flushing things with Disk
Cleanup

 

[John John (MVP)]

Was searching for some specific photos and found them easily then I looked
further and it displayed 8,000 more that are stored in here. I could identify
a lot of them from at least 5 yrs. ago. Many were Logos, icons (even for
back-n-forth arrows), smiley faces, gambling logos, stationery sample
swatches available,
some pics from old e-mail attachments & forwards, images from Kodak's order
forms and sample pics from their software to order on line , as well as
Picassa, & Wal-Mart photo services for orders, albums, etc. icons from
everywhere for navigation. There are more but I think I gave you the jist of
the question. If any of the symbols/icons have anything to do with any
software programs downloaded will deletion screw up their performance?
I tried to delete what to me looked Un-Needed as I'd never look for them
again.
Some were not able to be deleted; so I moved on. Sometimes the message:
"Can't delete DC 2548 is being used, close and try again". I did various
things: emptied the recycle bin and that worked well as I could see how full
it had become. I then deleted about just 100 at a time and then emptied. Now
then: before I continue this (what I thought was a good idea), Am I Totally
Screwing Things Up?
I delved into hidden and sub folders to come up with that immensely HUGE
amt. of files. Should I continue or not? May have made a stupid decision
here. Prayin' I didn't tho.

How often do you delete your Temporary Internet Files? Run a Disk
Cleanup on your drive.

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

John

 

[JS]

Have you used Windows 'Disk Cleanup' to reduce the number
of files on your C: drive.

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

JS
www.pagestart.com

 

[David B.]

In the future if you must post to more than one group, crosspost, do not
multipost, see the link in my signature.

 

[Doug W.]

in message

Was searching for some specific photos and found them easily
then I looked
further and it displayed 8,000 more that are stored in here. I
could identify
a lot of them from at least 5 yrs. ago. Many were Logos, icons
(even for
back-n-forth arrows), smiley faces, gambling logos, stationery
sample
swatches available,
some pics from old e-mail attachments & forwards, images from
Kodak's order
forms and sample pics from their software to order on line ,
as well as
Picassa, & Wal-Mart photo services for orders, albums, etc.
icons from
everywhere for navigation. There are more but I think I gave
you the jist of
the question. If any of the symbols/icons have anything to do
with any
software programs downloaded will deletion screw up their
performance?
I tried to delete what to me looked Un-Needed as I'd never
look for them
again.
Some were not able to be deleted; so I moved on. Sometimes the
message:
"Can't delete DC 2548 is being used, close and try again". I
did various
things: emptied the recycle bin and that worked well as I
could see how full
it had become. I then deleted about just 100 at a time and
then emptied. Now
then: before I continue this (what I thought was a good idea),
Am I Totally
Screwing Things Up?
I delved into hidden and sub folders to come up with that
immensely HUGE
amt. of files. Should I continue or not? May have made a
stupid decision
here. Prayin' I didn't tho.

-
Yes, you made a stupid decision. Do not continue in this
reckless manner. For gawd's sake pay attention to what the
experts tell you in the other more complete replies to your
question.

I hope that you never get a job removing mines from minefields.
Your headlong approach would be disastrous.
-

 

[Bob I]

message

-
Yes, you made a stupid decision. Do not continue in this reckless
manner. For gawd's sake pay attention to what the experts tell you in
the other more complete replies to your question.

I hope that you never get a job removing mines from minefields. Your
headlong approach would be disastrous.
-

Short career. ;-)

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Was searching for some specific photos and found them easily then I looked
further and it displayed 8,000 more that are stored in here. I could identify
a lot of them from at least 5 yrs. ago. Many were Logos, icons (even for
back-n-forth arrows), smiley faces, gambling logos, stationery sample
swatches available,
some pics from old e-mail attachments & forwards, images from Kodak's order
forms and sample pics from their software to order on line , as well as
Picassa, & Wal-Mart photo services for orders, albums, etc. icons from
everywhere for navigation. There are more but I think I gave you the jist of
the question. If any of the symbols/icons have anything to do with any
software programs downloaded will deletion screw up their performance?
I tried to delete what to me looked Un-Needed as I'd never look for them
again.
Some were not able to be deleted; so I moved on. Sometimes the message:
"Can't delete DC 2548 is being used, close and try again". I did various
things: emptied the recycle bin and that worked well as I could see how full
it had become. I then deleted about just 100 at a time and then emptied. Now
then: before I continue this (what I thought was a good idea), Am I Totally
Screwing Things Up?
I delved into hidden and sub folders to come up with that immensely HUGE
amt. of files. Should I continue or not? May have made a stupid decision
here. Prayin' I didn't tho.

Disk Cleanup, as others have suggested, is the way to go. However, if
you are deleting files and are sure that they are expendable, you can
avoid the recycle bin by holding the shift key down as you hit the
delete key. The files will be deleted directly.

Bill