Re: compress old files

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From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 08/01/04 

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 15:54:40 -0600

You do not want to delete them.
Some may be important.
The option in Disk Clean-up does not delete them, it simply compresses
old files, files that not been recently used.

If you need space search elsewhere for truly useless files.
This may help:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
"neo" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:849701c47810$71ed6650$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> i went into the system registry and deleted the compress
> old fills folder thinking it would delete all the files
> but come to find out it did not delete them is their any
> way to get  that folder back so i can clean all the files
> up with disk clean up?
> thank you very much right now hteir is only 4.74 gb being
> used up but the compress old fiels are using up allot if
> i can delete hte fiels then i should be down to like 4.03
> gb mad space lol

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