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| Thread ID: 99913 | 2009-05-19 08:36:00 | Can you delete folders beginning and end in '$'? | A Team (13613) | Press F1 |
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| 775141 | 2009-05-19 08:36:00 | Hi. In Win XP SP3, can you delete folders (under 'Windows') beginning and ending in '$'? These are invariably in blue and often feature the word 'uninstall'? If they relate to new programs, I presume you should hold onto them and contents until the new program has been found to be stable?? Cheers | A Team (13613) | ||
| 775142 | 2009-05-19 08:43:00 | The blue means theyre compressed. The $ folders are the XP update uninstall files. So if you dont want to uninstall any updates you can delete them. Or use ccleaner / cleaner tab / windows tab. Tick hotfix uninstallers down the bottom, it'll delete them for you. BUT if you want to uninstall any updates, you cant, if you do this | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 775143 | 2009-05-19 08:46:00 | As Speedy said-they are uninstallers that can be used to remove an update. If you do not want compressed or encrypted files/folders to appear in colour, then you go to tools>folder options>view tab>Untick show compressed/encrypted files in colour Blam |
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| 775144 | 2009-05-19 08:47:00 | Thanks to you both. | A Team (13613) | ||
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