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There are many reasons for making your windows folder smaller, first it
saves space and removes windows features you will probably never use
that are just slowing down your computer.What can you delete?That is what this article is about, I will explain everything I know is safe to delete, and what happens if you do!Will this really improve the speed of my system?I
don’t have any results to prove it, but I think it does improve boot
time a little, and after a clean install, it does seem to make the
system slightly faster after deleting these things.Final
notes: This has been tested on Windows XP Pro Final and SP1 (Not home,
but it should work fine) Windows 2003 Enterprise Server 3700, RTM, and
The Free Evaluation version (Any 2k3 version should work fine), and
Windows 2000 Pro. If the following folders are not on your 2k/2k3
system it means they are only in XP and you don’t need to worry about
them.If for some reason you can not delete a folder, just
delete the files inside, I tried to make not of the folders that cant
be deleted, but depending on your system and if you use FAT32 or NTFS
it may be different.All of the paths listed in there are
C:\Windows and C:\Program Files, if your folders have different names
(Like C:\WINNT on windows 2k) then you should use that path instead.Well,
lets get started deleting, these start out ordered from largest to
smallest, but after the first few files they are all fairly small, and
are just in a random order.1. c:\windows\system32\dllcache\NOTE:
DON’T DELETE THIS FOLDER, JUST ALL THE FILES INSIDE! This folder uses a
LOT of hard drive space, it holds a backup of every system file that
windows uses. Deleting this will cause a SFC error when you replace a
system file instead of windows putting back the original file. For
people who want to mod there system, this is a good thing.2. c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\NOTE:
DON’T DELETE THIS FOLDER, JUST ALL THE FILES INSIDE! This folder only
exists if you installed a service pack on XP, if you did a slipstream
it won’t be here either. This folder is the same as the dllcache, but
has the new files that were updated by a service pack. If you delete
the dllcache, deleting this is just like finishing the job.3. c:\windows\$Uninstall----$These
$uninstall----$ folders are used whenever you want to uninstall a
windows update. If you delete them, you can not uninstall the
update(s), but if the updates are working fine for you, there should be
now reason to remove them.4. c:\windows\cursors\This
folder contains some custom cursers for windows, if you are happy with
the default cursers, or use your own set like Blue Curve, then deleting
this wont effect you at all.5. c:\windows\driver cache\i386\NOTE:
DON’T DELETE THIS FOLDER, JUST ALL THE FILES INSIDE! This is one you
may not want to delete, this takes up a bit of space (about 80mb) but
windows uses if you ever add or remove windows components and things
like printer drivers. If you’re your hardware is already working fine,
you don’t need this folder on your hard drive. For example, if you
delete this folder, and try to install IIS, windows will ask for the CD
or Network share with the files on it, if you don’t need to add or
remove windows components often, deleting this will free up some space
for you.6. c:\windows\help\NOTE: DON’T DELETE THIS
FOLDER, JUST ALL THE FILES IN SIDE! This folder contains all of the
windows help files. If you are like me, and think they having 50mb of
help files is a waste, then you probably want to delete it. If you
delete this folder and try to view a help file, the Help and Support
center will come up with a 404 error. No harm is done, you just can’t
view the help files (because you deleted them…). There is also a tours
folder inside of the help folder, you can delete everything in this
folder also, but windows won’t let you remove the actual folder.7. c:\windows\inf\NOTE:
DON’T DELETE THIS FOLDER, JUST ALL THE FILES INSIDE! This folder
contains a lot of windows drivers, if you ever add new hardware,
windows looks in this folder, then on your CD drive for the latest
drivers. Any hardware you might get will probably come with the drivers
on a disk, so this folder is just a wasting space on your hard drive
with outdated drivers. If all of your hardware is working fine, and you
don’t plan on adding any new hardware for a while, deleting this wont
effect your system at all. If you don’t want to delete everything in
it, you can go into the folder, press CRTL+F and search for mdm*.* and
delete everything that comes up. These are all modem drivers, and it is
very unlikely you will ever need them because you either have a modem
installed already, or if you do add one, it will come with newer
drivers.8. c:\windows\srchasstThis folder is the XP
Search assistant, if you delete it, windows will just use the classic
2k style search instead, which is more functional and easier to use.9. c:\windows\downloaded installations\This
folder holds the installers for some programs you download and install,
for example, Tweak UI puts its installer in this folder, and so you can
repair it or update its components later. Deleting this folder won’t
harm any programs I have ever seen, but you should look inside this and
see what you are deleting first.10. c:\windows\media\These are the default windows sounds, if you don’t want them, deleting them wont hurt anything.11. c:\windows\system32\restore\This
is the system restore apps, if you delete this, system restore will no
longer work. Before you delete this, you should go into System Restore,
and delete all your restore points, and then you should go to the
system properties and disable system restore. After that, you can
delete this folder, and not worry about system restore slowing down
your system or sucking up space.12. c:\windows\system32\usmt\This
folder is the File and Settings Transfer wizard. If you have no need
for it, then deleting this wont have any other effects besides the File
and Settings Transfer wizard not working anymore.13 A. c:\program files\msn13 B. c:\program files\netmeeting\These
are the MSN Explorer and Net Meeting applications. If you don’t need or
use them, then you can delete these folders (For net meeting, you can
only delete the files inside) and the only thing it will effect is that
these programs will know longer work.14. C:\windows\system32\oobeNOTE:
DON’T DELETE THIS FOLDER, JUST ALL THE FILES INSIDE! In this folder is
the Out of Box Experience (The screens you see right after you have
installed XP for the first time), and the XP Product Activation stuff.
If you have a Retail or OEM version of XP, and you think you might ever
need to activate again, DON’T DELETE THIS. So unless you are using XP
or 2k3 CORP, you may still need this folder someday.15. c:\windows\msagentThis
folder holds the MS Agent program. The MS Agent is a gay little wizard
thing that looks like the Office Assistant, I personally hate this
thing, and removing it will get rid of it for good! If windows wont let
you remove the folder, just delete everything inside of it, and
everything inside of the intl folder.16. c:\windows\javaThis
is the crappy MS Java components that don’t work well, and MS got sued
over. If you have Windows XP slipstreamed with SP1a you wont have this
because MS no longer distributes it. If you use websites that use Java
Applets, you should keep this, or remove it and install Suns Java VM.17. c:\windows\muiThis
is a little app that allows you to switch between multiple languages,
if you only use one language, then deleting this wont effect you at
all. NOTE: I think this folder only exists on XP Pro because Home
Edition doesn’t support multiple languages.Post Deletion:After
you have deleted everything you want to, I recommend you run the
Regisrty Cleaner.This will remove all the references to things you
deleted so a window doesn’t look for the files any more. If you delete
the Java Folder, RegCleaner will find at least 50 reg entries related
to it, and can remove them for you if you want.What else can I do to make the windows folder smaller?If
you want to make your windows folder even smaller, and you use NTFS,
you can use NTFS compression to make the windows folder smaller.
Although you can compress everything it, compressing EXEs and DLL files
will make you system a little bit slower, so I recommend compressing
everything BUT EXE and DLL files.Using this guide, you should
easily be able to make your windows folder less then 1gb, but because
some programs add there own files to the windows dir, your results may
differ from what other people have gotten there folder sizes to. After
a clean install, it is fairly easy to get your windows folder less then
700mb so you can put a image file of your clean install on one CD and
be able to restore it easily.