We had trouble talking to the server. Please try again. Your answer will be saved while you login or join. Live Preview. Older ». Have a question? Ask Fluther! What do you know more about? You've got knowledge matches! Already a member? Join for Free! Is this correct, or is the downloaded file necessary to the proper functioning of the file or update that has been downloaded like a Jack-in-the-Box that would stop being a Jack-in-the-Box if you removed the box?
Which types of downloaded set-up files or updates are safe to delete, and which must remain if any must remain? Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! Podcast audio. Related Video. I'll show you how to find it and how to delete it. Here's a 4-step plan to managing that size and getting it back under control. Thanks You Reply. I remember my first computer loading dos up and then loading the program you would use, one at a time… No windows to switch programs with, at least not until Atari came out with a better unit and hard drives… Reply.
Everything is now back in working order. Because I had my old exe files. Thank you, Mark and Leo. Point is understood. Thanks Leo. Got it! Can I delete them before the setup is complete? Generally not, but it really depends on the specific setup program. Leave a reply: Before commenting please: Read the article. Comment on the article. No personal information. No spam. Technology with Confidence. You can do this!
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PS2: I hope not to sound aggressive, I like uTorrent even with the. And if the dev doesn't think it's a good idea to add a checkbox to remove trash files after operation, I'll continue using it I'll just have to take the time to script it's removal on my own Bitcomet does not leave "trash files", but if u then select some other files to download, u will have to re-download the pieces that bind them again, in utorrent if u do that the.
The moment I delete the. U wouldn't like Windoze to keep all temp files, would u? U would have to get a new HDD every few weeks Now why would u want uTorrent to misbehave like that? So u don't lose pieces of files that u don't even want to have? I doubt that. En plus, leaving it optional would still give u the possibility the collect the tras if u feel like. IF u do. I could also still use DOS, but isn't the purpose of writing software to make things easier, not harder?
I would add that line of code myself, but this is not open source if I am not wrong. Start new topic. As for the computer becoming unbootable as a result of deleting data of arbitrary and unknown nature, I find it unlikely.
The Windows 10 developers would not put system-crucial data in such weird and arbitrary places. So go ahead and delete them. Having been one I have a little more sympathy for the software engineers.
That useful data might be delete-able is, in my opinion, not just inevitable, but is by itself not a reflection on the folks putting it together.
These are things that are amazingly easy to overlook in a rush to a deadline. Yes, you can argue then the deadline was wrong, or the product scope too large, but software must ship, and each version needs to be better than the previous, or that software will die.
Similarly, Windows 10 has been in continual development for over 25 years. That there might be an accidental omission in security is not only not surprising, we hear about it all the time. It was the original bad design that allowed a bizarre, complex and convoluted scheme to copy pieces of an application including the OS in countless folders, and later in hundreds of locations in the Registry.
Of course, application developers abused this scheme because they wanted a permanent foothold on your machine. If the application needs interfaces with the OS, those are well defined and well-constrained to a few places within the OS folders. Addendum: A couple of related things worth noting. One is that the Windows installation scheme has given rise to a lucrative industry in cleaners and uninstallers.
The other is that malware designers have literally thousands of places to hide they files and hundreds of ways to execute run their applications. Comments violating those rules will be removed. Comments that don't add value will be removed, including off-topic or content-free comments, or comments that look even a little bit like spam.
All comments containing links and certain keywords will be moderated before publication. I want comments to be valuable for everyone, including those who come later and take the time to read. Search Ask Leo! The one thing you need to do before you hit delete. When running out of disk space, considering what you can delete makes sense. I'll look at the steps to determine whether a file, such as a.
My C: and D: drives have many gigabytes of. Is it safe to delete these files? Summary: Deleting a file safely Back up the file or files. Delete or rename them. Use your computer to see if there are related failures.
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