Re: User Data Folders

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From: jopa66 (jopa66_at_hotmail.com.no.spam.me)
Date: 11/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:34:34 -0500

These folders should be safe to delete. These are the "weekly" folders that
Internet Explorer uses to store the history of where you have been surfing
on the Net. Normally they are removed when you "clear history" from the
Internet Options window. JV16 is a powerful program. Just be careful what
you delete. 

-- 
~john  aka: jopa
"Ron" <econtractors@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:eBA8rg1zEHA.804@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Thanks again for the advise, I can do some more house cleaning.
>
> I don't know if your familiar with the jv16 program, but it has a find 
> empty
> directory function in it. It found about 60 empty directories 
> (C:\Documents
> and Settings\Ron\Local
> Settings\History\History.IE5\MSHist012003031720030318) all the empty
> directories start with MSHist. If I try to find the IE5 directory in 
> Windows
> Explorer it doesn't show up. I can see the \History directory but no
> \History.IE5. Is this some type of hidden directory, what would all these
> MSHist directories before (obviously they have something to do with IE
> history)? I wonder if it's safe to delete the folders in the History.IE5
> with the jv16?
>
> Ron
>
>
> "jopa66" <jopa66@hotmail.com.no.spam.me> wrote in message
> news:%23pNTCz0zEHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> reason? unimportant.
>> delete them? Yes.
>>
>> -- 
>> ~john  aka: jopa
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ron" <econtractors@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uNoxHj0zEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > In my UserData directory (C:\Documents and Settings\Ron\UserData) I 
>> > have
>> > 56
>> > empty folders. Is there any reason there are so many, and can they be
>> > safely
>> > deleted?
>> >
>> > Thanks, Ron
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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