Vista Files

[Thom Little]

I am trying to understand/clean-up some files on Vista.

My root directory contains three directories ($INPLACE.~TR, $RECYCLE.BIN,
and $WINDOWS.~Q) with a total of 1.2GB of space. What are they?

I have one file ("ff398120-755f-11dc-...") with a total of 11GB of space!
What is it?

What was the source of your information?

.... Thom
___________________________________________________
Thom Little - www.tlanet.net - Thom Little Associates, Ltd.

 

[Rob]

I am trying to understand/clean-up some files on Vista.

My root directory contains three directories ($INPLACE.~TR, $RECYCLE.BIN,
and $WINDOWS.~Q) with a total of 1.2GB of space. What are they?

I have one file ("ff398120-755f-11dc-...") with a total of 11GB of space!
What is it?

What was the source of your information?

... Thom
___________________________________________________
Thom Little - www.tlanet.net - Thom Little Associates, Ltd.

What are the $INPLACE.~TR and $WINDOWS.~Q folders for in Windows Vista?

Intended For
Windows Vista only

Info lifted from

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cach...e05-500+$INPLACE.~TR&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=uk


The $INPLACE.~TR and $WINDOWS.~Q folders are more-or-less garbage and can be
safely deleted.
If you don't feel comfortable deleting them outright, fire up the Disk
Cleanup utility (click Start and type Disk), select the Files discarded by
Windows upgrade item, and then click OK.

Hope this helps.

Rob

 

[Thom Little]

That was a helpful lead. That utility also identified some other excellent
candidates for deletion and I deleted them all.

I have 39GB allocated currently and that includes a single file that is
11GB. Can you suggest any possibilities for it?

.... Thom
___________________________________________________
Thom Little - www.tlanet.net - Thom Little Associates, Ltd.

 

[Rob]

That was a helpful lead. That utility also identified some other
excellent
candidates for deletion and I deleted them all.

I have 39GB allocated currently and that includes a single file that is
11GB. Can you suggest any possibilities for it?

... Thom
___________________________________________________
Thom Little - www.tlanet.net - Thom Little Associates, Ltd.

Not sure but possibly a restore point file? Not a good idea to delete this
unless you know for sure.

Rob