Miscellaneous .txt and .log files should be retained. They often contain the information required to uninstall a program. If you delete
the wrong ones, you'll be unable to uninstall programs you previously
installed.
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups
| Hello, experts:
| They other day I did a search for ".txt" and got over 900 hits of various
| text documents. Some go back as far as to the time I put my machine into
| service. (2001, HP 750c) There are logs and other info that I feel is no
| longer needed, including info on when SP1 was installed. (I now have SP2). It
| seems that these files take up a lot of disk space and I would like to remove
| them. Is it safe to do this. I appreciate your reply.
| Thanks,
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| Fwall4
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Re: TRYING TO REMOVE PROGRAMS ... Ramesh - Microsoft MVP... > software entries from the registry and the files in the hard disk. ... > If the LOG files are missing, you may need to reinstall the application ... > again and then try a clean uninstall again. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.accessibility)
Re: Do I need all the .LOG files ...Log files, especially install.log files, should not be deleted. ... you'll no longer have the ability to uninstall...Microsoft MVP... | I assume these are created during a new program installation.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: install.log ... the log files come into play and remove the ... application again and then try a clean uninstall again. ... To prevent the automatic reboot (so that you can note down the error code ...Window XP Shell/User ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Re: Useless Leftover Files In Windows XP ... > If I just want CC to clean Cookies in IE it says it wants to ... > permanently delete those upgrade log files we were talking about, ... > we NEVER wanted to UNINSTALL ANY of these Microsoft UPDATES and had ... I never said you didn't have to pay attention to the tool and the settings... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize)
Re: Useless Leftover Files In Windows XP ... >> log files - delete them at will. ... thinking they are having trouble with a patch is to remove the last set of ... before installing the next one for any issues. ... realizing it was a patch causing the problem and doing the uninstall of the ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize)
