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1131037 2010-08-23 11:20:00 Is it safe to delete things from the Downloads folder in Win Vista? I seem to have so many in there and it takes a longer time to load them all now.

LL
lakewoodlady (103)
1131038 2010-08-23 11:36:00 I suppose. Provided you don't want or need anything in there. Personally, I always hang on to copies of installers, etc, but I move them to a different folder. ubergeek85 (131)
1131039 2010-08-23 11:40:00 I suppose. Provided you don't want or need anything in there. Personally, I always hang on to copies of installers, etc, but I move them to a different folder.

+1, I have a big folder on my external called "Installers".

Always seems to come in handy :D
xyz823 (13649)
1131040 2010-08-23 11:47:00 I always move them to a big, big folder I keep on the desktop, called 'stuff'. Contains pretty much everything except my media. Mostly side projects (eggdrops, scripting, disassembled PS1 games (I was actually the first to release a technique to view car textures in gran turismo 2), a few crawled websites, emulators for africa, etc)

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ubergeek85 (131)
1131041 2010-08-23 11:59:00 Do you keep a 22GB folder on the desktop or a shortcut to same? KarameaDave (15222)
1131042 2010-08-23 12:00:00 Nope, it's 22Gb, sitting right there on the desktop. ubergeek85 (131)
1131043 2010-08-23 21:10:00 I always move them to a big, big folder I keep on the desktop, called 'stuff'.

Huh, what an excellent choice in folder names you have. :rolleyes:
Mine is called Stuff too, although I never put anything other than a shortcut on the desktop.

Installers for useful things I keep there, plus various other bits and pieces relating to that sort of thing.
pctek (84)
1131044 2010-08-23 21:33:00 Yes, I have a folder in Documents called Program Installers, and I keep all the Installers in there. I was just wondering about all the other things, like updates and patches for Battlefield games etc.

LL
lakewoodlady (103)
1131045 2010-08-24 00:00:00 It depends, will you want to use the patches again (eg pc re install)

if you don't want em, nuke em
The Error Guy (14052)
1131046 2010-08-24 00:05:00 I usually only delete stuff when I'm running below a few Gb's of hard drive space.

No sense letting all that capacity go to waste.
ubergeek85 (131)
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