IE 7 and 8

[Adam]

Hi,
I am running Win XP Pro SP3 and IE8. In the C:\Windows folder I have the
following sub-folders:

ie7
ie7updates
ie8
ie8updates

Can I safely delete the ie7 ones, or does ie8 still need them?

Thanks and regards,
Adam

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

If you ever want to uninstall IE8 or do a Repair Install of WinXP, you'll
need the "ie7 ones" or you'll be SOL.

 

[Adam]

Instead of lecturing me about disk space, can you just answer my question
please?

 

[Adam]

SOL?
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Best regards,
Adam

If you ever want to uninstall IE8 or do a Repair Install of WinXP, you'll
need the "ie7 ones" or you'll be SOL.


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[Shenan Stanley]

I am running Win XP Pro SP3 and IE8. In the C:\Windows folder I
have the following sub-folders:

ie7
ie7updates
ie8
ie8updates

Can I safely delete the ie7 ones, or does ie8 still need them?

Suggestion: Don't over-clean.

- How much space are you hoping to gain?
- How much free space do you have?
- How much total space do you have?

Static unused files are not hurting your performance as long as you
are not low on space. If you have at least 15% of your system
drive free - you definitely do not need space. The 15% is only
good up to a certain size of hard disk drive too - so if you have a
larger drive (250+GB) then that percentage could be lower, as 15%
of a 250GB drive is 37GB - more than enough - After a certain drive
saize I would say you need about 10GB free to be safe and happy at
all times - and that is even high.

Instead of lecturing me about disk space, can you just answer my
question please?

I did not lecture - I told you that I think you are over-cleaning. What you
are doing is unnecessary and potentially harmful for you and there is
little - if any - gain.

You could also use google - not just for this - but for how you responded to
the other post in this conversation...

ie7updates folder
http://tinyurl.com/yzehyav

SOL
http://tinyurl.com/yfbm2kl

Sorry - I thought you might use logic to figure that out.

 

[Jim]

Instead of lecturing me about disk space, can you just answer my question
please?

The IE7 folders are present to allow you to remove IE8 and revert to IE7.
As far as I know (which in this case isn't very) the Ie7 folders are not
needed by Ie8.

It would be advisable to run IE8 for some time before removing the IE7
folders.

Jim

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Adam,

You are not going to get any advice from the muppets on these
newsgroups. My advice to you is to rename these folders to something like:

ie7_old
ie7updates_old

After one week if you don't see any problems then you can safely delete
them.

Hope this gives you a workable solution. PLEASE DON'T TOUCH IE8 STUFF
BECAUSE THOSE FOLDERS ARE STILL CURRENT AND OS KEEPS LOOKING AT THEM
FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN NEW UPDATES ARE RELEASED.

hth

 

[Adam]

You could give tutorials in "how to answer questions the smart but entirely
ineffective way"!!!

 

[Roy Smith]

You could also use google - not just for this - but for how you responded to
the other post in this conversation...

ie7updates folder
http://tinyurl.com/yzehyav

SOL
http://tinyurl.com/yfbm2kl

Sorry - I thought you might use logic to figure that out.

That's pretty neat, I'll have to remember that site....

 

[Stubbo of Oz]

SOL?

http://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/netiquette101/a/abbreviations_3.htm

 

[Shenan Stanley]

You could give tutorials in "how to answer questions the smart but
entirely ineffective way"!!!

My signature is not directed torwards you directly - it has not changed in
many years and I have nothing to do with its authorship or maintenance.
It's just a link.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Adam,

You are not going to get any advice from the muppets on these
newsgroups. My advice to you is to rename these folders to something like:

ie7_old
ie7updates_old

After one week if you don't see any problems then you can safely delete
them.

Hope this gives you a workable solution. PLEASE DON'T TOUCH IE8 STUFF
BECAUSE THOSE FOLDERS ARE STILL CURRENT AND OS KEEPS LOOKING AT THEM
FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN NEW UPDATES ARE RELEASED.

hth

I agree in this case that Anonymous' answer is a good suggestion. I
don't agree that most of the posters here are muppets. Just what has
Anonymous got against Kermie the Frog? <g>

Personally I see no reason to revert back to IE7.

Bill

Bill

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

S*** out of luck.

SOL?

 

[HeyBub]

Hi,
I am running Win XP Pro SP3 and IE8. In the C:\Windows folder I have
the following sub-folders:

ie7
ie7updates
ie8
ie8updates

Can I safely delete the ie7 ones, or does ie8 still need them?

Neither.