pichu Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 It's really a good way to keep WinXP fit Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584371571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 If someone is going to do it update...it's not going to be me. LOL But like I said, with the installation of SP2, only 88 new files were created in the system32 folder. Some of those files are easy to figure out...because we got some more Foreign Keyboard KBD*.*.dlls. But other than that, I'm not delving into them any further. I spent over two years on this project and I'm kind of pooped. I need to get laid or something. Or maybe learn how to do other fun things with my computer. Other than those 88 files, there is NO need to update this thread. Like I said above..."there wouldn't really be any difference in the files you would be removing from SP2. You'd, at most, only be removing updated versions by the same file name. SP2, actually adds 88 new files to the system32 directory. The others are simply updated versions...or, probably more precise, "more recently dated files" . More likely than not we already have those same file version updates installed from downloading the Windows Critical Updates. " Hey, have fun everyone. On a personal note. I gladly and freely shared with all of you my findings about files. BUT, when I see a full-blown program made...and I know for a fact that the guy who made it got much of what he now knows about files from me and my posts here, and my threads on other sites about file removal...I would like a little honorable mention maybe...instead of this "and thanks to the many others..." BS. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584373537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggrophobik Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Still, it's a great guide and I appriciate the time you put into it. Like I said earlier, I used it on my laptop install and things are still running smooth as glass, I was just curious. Thanks for the reply. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584374985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGazza Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 I need to get laid or something Yeah i think you need to aswell ;) Anyway I think because of this guide my shutdown times seem to have greatly improved and is running a lot better, the time an effort gone into this guide is worth it to us and Neomayhem :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584378767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I finally got a chance to play around with my System32 Batch file. Some of you have been asking about an update with the advent of SP2. A couple of files have become very important to Windows since we've all installed SP2. I really didn't want to get into this, but this seemed important. You can either take these four files out of the backup folder and put them back in the system32 Directory...in which case you might want to delete the newly created wuauclt1.exe (It gets created with the removal of wuauclt.exe). Or, you can open my batch file in Notebook and modify it by deleting the corresponding removal entries.... wuauclt.exe > (Windows Update AutoUpdate Client) wuaueng.dll > Windows Update AutoUpdate Engine. Deleting this file will remove the Automatic Updates applet in System properties. wuauserv.dll > (Windows Update AutoUpdate Service) mspatcha.dll > Microsoft® Patch Engine I recieved an error opening Systems Properties. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Oh poop...I'll just go ahead and put up my own modified system32 batch file with those four file entries removed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Here's a refresher on the Smart Placement my batch file creates.... The .cmd and .bat file I created will move and save the folders and their files to a backup folder on C:\ . The backup folder is simply named, Backup. Within the Backup folder you'll notice what I call "smart placement" of subfolders, identical to how they look in XP. For example, you will see a folder named Program Files. Within Program Files you will see Common Files. Within Common Files you will see Microsoft Shared. Within Microsoft Shared you will see Speech. Within Speech you will see all the files the Speech folder contains. I did this "smart placement" of folders and their files for you, so you would always know exactly where they came from should you decide to replace some, or all, of them to their original locations. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584388705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsinho Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 simply fantastic, thanks a lot; my system before=1,76GB now 1,04GB and runs fine I am very happy lol. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584389138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I finally got a chance to play around with my System32 Batch file. Some of you have been asking about an update with the advent of SP2. A couple of files have become very important to Windows since we've all installed SP2. I really didn't want to get into this, but this seemed important.You can either take these four files out of the backup folder and put them back in the system32 Directory...in which case you might want to delete the newly created wuauclt1.exe (It gets created with the removal of wuauclt.exe). Or, you can open my batch file in Notebook and modify it by deleting the corresponding removal entries.... wuauclt.exe > (Windows Update AutoUpdate Client) wuaueng.dll > Windows Update AutoUpdate Engine. Deleting this file will remove the Automatic Updates applet in System properties. wuauserv.dll > (Windows Update AutoUpdate Service) mspatcha.dll > Microsoft? Patch Engine I recieved an error opening Systems Properties. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Oh poop...I'll just go ahead and put up my own modified system32 batch file with those four file entries removed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Here's a refresher on the Smart Placement my batch file creates.... The .cmd and .bat file I created will move and save the folders and their files to a backup folder on C:\ . The backup folder is simply named, Backup. Within the Backup folder you'll notice what I call "smart placement" of subfolders, identical to how they look in XP. For example, you will see a folder named Program Files. Within Program Files you will see Common Files. Within Common Files you will see Microsoft Shared. Within Microsoft Shared you will see Speech. Within Speech you will see all the files the Speech folder contains. I did this "smart placement" of folders and their files for you, so you would always know exactly where they came from should you decide to replace some, or all, of them to their original locations. __________________________________________________________________________________________ I thought this was pretty important for those of you using my system32 batch file with SP2 installed, so I'm re-posting it above in the quote, since it was the last post on the previous page and I'm sure it will go unnoticed there. This thread moves along fairly fast at times. I've also added one more file I found SP2 seems to want to keep, and have removed it from my updated System32 Batch File which I will put up below. netrap.dll > Net Remote Admin Protocol DLL I received an application unable to start properly error, that this file was missing. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584389315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggrophobik Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I'd really like to try this, but am a tad nervous. I think I'll wait 'till more ppl. reply w/ their experiences using it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584391071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGazza Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 I'd really like to try this, but am a tad nervous. I think I'll wait 'till more ppl. reply w/ their experiences using it. 1 to 20 odd pages lol aint that enough :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584392931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KayMan2K Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Nice work. I've always wondered what some of those funny named directories are all about.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584393040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Here we go. I'm going to give this to you in parts. Removing these, the first list of files I am about to give you will give you the most bang for your buck. I'm going to start with the toughest files in this first part. Just so we can get them out of the way. Here we go... ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Slimming Down XP-SP2 Slipstreamed Installation: A Simple Guide To Removing Some Unnecessary Files From Your XP-SP2 Installation...PART I ____________________________________________________________________________________________ The first thing I do is download the latest "Preview Version of XPLite". (I still don't recommended buying XPLite because even though it says it has been updated for SP2, the program is still a bit buggy. It removes a few files it shouldn't, it doesn't remove some files it should, and creates some errors in the Event Viewer...which is something I dislike. Go to this page and in the upper right-hand corner click on "Download Preview". http://www.litepc.com/xppreview.html Open it's zip folder and copy its "XPlite_TRIAL.exe" to your Desktop or a folder of your choice. Open it and go to its "Windows File Protection" tab. Select "Disabled" and then "Apply". Close the program and reboot your computer. Then I go to this site and download and install "Register - Unregister This DLL v1.0.0.1". http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone16/cat633/30729.htm This helps me unregister DLLS I will be removing. It will put two items in your right-click context menu when you highlight and right click on single DLLs, or when you highlight multiple DLLS and right-click on one of them..."Register This Dll" and "UnRegister This Dll". I really like its ability to unregister multiple DLLS at one time. Now lets remove some files. ____________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\Driver Cache\i386 I delete "drivers.cab" and "sp2.cab" (I have SP2 Slipstreamed so that is why sp2.cab shows up here for me.) ...I do have backup copies of "drivers.cab" and "sp2.cab" on other backup images I have stored, along with my Slipstreamed Installation CD, so should I ever need a file I can get it from one of those. I DON'T DELETE ANY NEW FILES ever created in i386. Because, later, as Updates arrive from Microsoft, any newer versions of files then placed in the "i386" folder will be the only copies I will have. ____________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache I remove all files in the dllcache. ...I do have backup copies of the dllcache on other backup images I have stored, along with my Slipstreamed Installation CD, so should I ever need a file I can get it from one of those. I'll only do this this one time. I DON'T DELETE ANY NEW FILES ever created in the dllcache. Because, later, as Updates arrive from Microsoft, any newer versions of files then placed in the the dllcache folder will be the only copies I will have. ____________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\Fonts Sometimes .fon extension fonts (The red A fonts) hide, so you need to run a search for *.fon in Search Assistant. Open your Search Assistant. Be sure under "More Advanced Options" you have "Search for hidden files and folders" selected. Do a search for *.fon About 138 of these Fonts should show up. Now, highlight these specific 15 Fonts... cga40woa.fon cga80woa.fon coure.fon dosapp.fon ega40woa.fon ega80woa.fon modern.fon roman.fon serife.fon smalle.fon sserife.fon symbole.fon vgafix.fon vgaoem.fon vgasys.fon At the top of your Search Assistant click on "Edit". Scroll down and select "Invert Selection". Now delete all at once the other 123 unnecessary Fonts. ___________________________________________________________________________ TTF Font Extentions: Here is a list of the 22 remaining *.ttf Fonts I have in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts. To see them all, because some are hidden, you need to do a search with your Search Assistant for *.ttf You can do the Search Assistant trick above to keep these and remove all the others. arial.ttf arialbd.ttf arialbi.ttf ariali.ttf courbd.ttf lucon.ttf marlett.ttf micross.ttf tahoma.ttf tahomabd.ttf times.ttf timesbd.ttf verdana.ttf verdanab.ttf verdanai.ttf verdanaz.ttf These could not be removed on my new system since I bought this new computer even in safe mode, so I also keep these three now: trebuc.ttf trebucbd.ttf trebucbi.ttf trebucit.ttf These 2 Fonts I think SP2 holds dearly now, because they will not delete for me as they did with SP1: framd.ttf framdit.ttf So I'll just keep them too. __________________________________________________________________________ The two single file areas that YOU MUST BE MOST CAREFUL WITH are NLS Files = Multiple Language Resource Files. Character Translation; National Language Services driver (font or font map) ...and "KBD*.dll" files...which are for foreign language keyboard layouts. VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU DO NOT READ CAREFULLY...AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS SAID PERFECTLY...THE WORDS OF CAUTION OFFERED IN THESE NEXT TWO PARTS....STAY AWAY FROM THE NEXT TWo TYPES OF FILES I REMOVE, *.nls Files and kbd*.dll Files. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32 There are 85 kbd*.dlls in the system32 folder...you only need one of them. A WORD OF CAUTION about kbd*.dlls. kbd*.dlls are Keyboard Layout files. My settings are for U.S. English, so I only need and keep the "kbdus.dll". All others I remove. While in the system32 folder, highlight all the kdb*.dlls in system32. Hold down your "Ctrl" key on your Keyboard, and click on the one kbd*.dll you need to keep (in my case the "kbdus.dll", the United States Keyboard Layout). This takes that file out of the highlighted grouping. Now right-click on one of the highlighted files and select "UnRegister This Dll" that is now in the context menu because you already downloaded and installed that program I told you about up top...right? 84 little windows will pop up trying to unregister these files individually. Chances are, like me, none will be able to be unregistered. But it's worth a shot. A good registry cleaner will do the job for you. Or you can manually edit the registry in these three locations of your registry: 1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Keyboard Layouts 2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Keyboard Layouts 3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts Or, you could even leave them alone. It won't hurt anything. _________________________________________________________________________ A list of kbd*.dlls... KBDAL.DLL > Albania Keyboard Layout kbdaze.dll > Azerbaijan_Cyrilic kbdazel.dll > Azerti-Latin kbdbe.dll > Belgian Dutch kbdbene.dll > Belgian kbdblr.dll > Belarusian kbdbr.dll > Brazillian kbdbu.dll > Bulgarian kbdca.dll > Canadian Multilingual kbdcan.dll > Canadian National Standard kbdcr.dll > Croatian/Slovenian kbdcz.dll > Czech kbdcz1.dll > Czech_101 kbdcz2.dll > Czech_Programmer's kbdda.dll > Dannish kbddv.dll > Dvorak US English kbdes.dll > Spanish Alternate kbdest.dll > Estonia kbdfc.dll > Canadian French kbdfi.dll > Finnish kbdfo.dll > Faeroese kbdfr.dll > French kbdgae.dll > Gaelic kbdgkl.dll > Greek_Latin kbdgr.dll > German kbdgr1.dll > German_IBM kbdhe.dll > Greek IBM 220 kbdhe220.dll > Greek IBM 319 kbdhe319.dll > Greek kbdhela2.dll > Greek IBM 220 Latin kbdhela3.dll > Greek IBM 319 Latin kbdhept.dll > Greek_Polytonic kbdhu.dll > Hungarian kbdhu1.dll > Hungarian 101-key kbdic.dll > Icelandic kbdir.dll > Irish kbdit.dll > Italian kbdit142.dll > Italian 142 kbdkaz.dll > Kazak_Cyrillic kbdkyr.dll > Kyrgyz kbdla.dll > Latin-American Spanish kbdlt.dll > Lithuania kbdlt1.dll > Lithuanian kbdlv.dll > Latvia kbdlv1.dll > Latvia-QWERTY kbdmac.dll > FYROMacedonian_Cyrillic kbdmon.dll > Mongolian kbdne.dll > Dutch kbdnec.dll > JP Japanese Keyboard Layout for (NEC PC-9800) kbdno.dll > Norwegian kbdpl.dll > Polish kbdpl1.dll > Polish Programmer's kbdpo.dll > Portuguese kbdro.dll > Romanian kbdru.dll > Russian kbdru1.dll > Russia(Typewriter) kbdsf.dll > Swiss French kbdsg.dll > Swiss German kbdsl.dll > Slovak kbdsl1.dll > Slovak(QWERTY) kbdsp.dll > Spanish kbdsw.dll > Swedish kbdtat.dll > Tatar_Cyrillic kbdtuf.dll > Turkish F kbdtuq.dll > Turkish Q kbduk.dll > United Kingdom kbdur.dll > Ukrainian kbdusl.dll > Dvorak Left-Hand US English kbdusr.dll > Dvorak Right-Hand US English kbdusx.dll > US Multinational kbduzb.dll > Uzbek_Cyrillic kbdycc.dll > Serbian_Cyrillic kbdycl.dll > Serbian_Latin And then there are a few other new ones that SP2 installed. I also delete those. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32 A WORD OF CAUTION about NLS files. Delete any one of these you're not supposed to and your system may not restart. NLS Files = Multiple Language Resource Files. Character Translation; National Language Services driver (font or font map). My system settings are for U.S.English. If you live outside of the U.S. using a foreign from U.S. computer you will need to check within your Layout.ini file within your Prefetch folder to see exactly which NLS files your system uses. For my U.S.English settings, I remove all of these 40 NLS files: c_037.nls c_500.nls c_737.nls c_775.nls c_850.nls c_852.nls c_855.nls c_857.nls c_860.nls c_861.nls c_863.nls c_865.nls c_866.nls c_869.nls c_874.nls c_875.nls c_1026.nls c_1258.nls c_10000.nls c_10006.nls c_10007.nls c_10010.nls c_10017.nls c_10029.nls c_10079.nls c_10081.nls c_10082.nls c_20127.nls c_20261.nls c_20866.nls c_20905.nls c_21866.nls c_28592.nls c_28593.nls C_28594.NLS C_28595.NLS C_28597.NLS c_28598.nls c_28599.nls c_28603.nls c_28605.nls _________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32 ALL "noise", "wbcache" and "wbdbase" files ( files in different languages) can be deleted. (Registry keys location for files listed below: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Language) noise.chs noise.cht noise.dat noise.deu <<...Note: ...DEU = acronym for Deutsch (german) noise.eng noise.enu <<English noise.esn <<Spanish noise.fra <<French noise.ita <<Italian noise.nld <<Dutch noise.sve <<Swedish noise.tha ALL "noise", "wbcache" and "wbdbase" files ( files in different languages) can be deleted. (Registry keys location for files listed below: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex\Language) wbcache.deu <<...Note: ...DEU = acronym for Deutsch (german) wbcache.enu <<English wbcache.esn <<Spanish wbcache.fra <<French wbcache.ita <<Italian wbcache.nld <<Dutch wbcache.sve <<Swedish wbdbase.deu <<...Note: ...DEU = acronym for Deutsch (german) wbdbase.enu <<English wbdbase.esn <<Spanish wbdbase.fra <<French wbdbase.ita <<Italian wbdbase.nld <<Dutch wbdbase.sve <<Swedish __________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\inf I deleted all .PNF files in this folder. PNF files, are cache-type that help making the opening of some applications quicker and more responsive. These are files which, when deleted, will re-create themselves should its corresponding .inf file by the same name be called upon. Per Rob Elder: It's a "pre-compiled" version of the ASCII .INF file that gets created when the Setup first processes a particular .INF file. It's done to speed up searches of the .INF files (as you've noticed there are LOTS of those on the system in Windows 2000/XP); if the dates of the .INF and .PNF files compare favorably (.PNF is later than .INF) the corresponding .PNF file will be used (if present). If, and only after you give it some time, (say 30 days), a corresponding .PNF file is not re-created alongside the .INF file, it means you aren't using the .INF file at all. Then go ahead and delete them. However, in the meanwhile, I picked this tip up from NeoMayhem: "Do a search for mdm*.* and delete all the *.inf files that comes up. These are all modem drivers, and it is very unlikely you will ever need them because you either have a modem installed already, or if you do add one, it will come with newer drivers." ____________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\Help\Tours I delete the entire "Tours" folder and its contents. Then I go and delete The "tourstart.exe" file from the system32 folder. ____________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584393080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Are you keeping up so far? Here's Part II. These ones are easy choices for you to make if you want to remove them. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Slimming Down XP-SP2 Slipstreamed Installation: A Simple Guide To Removing Some Unnecessary Files From Your XP-SP2 Installation...PART II ____________________________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users... C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures I only delete "quest.bmp" C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\User Account Pictures\Default Pictures I delete the avatars I will probably never use, and place a few of my own in the folder I like. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents (or Shared Documents)\My Music I'll delete the "Sample Music" folder and its contents only. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents (or Shared Documents)\My Pictures I delete the "Sample Pictures" folder and its contents _________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Accessibility I delete this folder and its contents. Then I delete these file that belong to Accessibility Options: C:\WINDOWS\Help acc_dis.chm access.chm access.hlp accessib.chm magnify.chm magnify.hlp osk.chm osk.hlp utilmgr.chm utilmgr.hlp And in C:\WINDOWS\system32 access.cpl accwiz.exe mag_hook.dll magnify.exe narrator.exe narrhook.dll osk.exe sethc.exe utilman.exe __________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Communications I delete the entire "Communications" folder and all its contents. This removes these shortcuts from my desktop. I access them rarely, I just enter the Control Panel to get to them. _________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME... C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Favorites I delete "MSN.com" and "Radio Station Guide". C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Music I delete the contents of this folder. C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\My Pictures I delete the contents of this folder. C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My eBooks I delete this folder. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories I take the Accessories shortcuts I use (such as "Notepad" and "Windows Explorer") and cut and paste them to... C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories, and then I come back and delete the... C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories folder. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files... ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Common Files\SpeechEngines I delete the contents of the SpeechEngines folder and its contents. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Speech I delete the contents of the Speech folder. Then I delete these to files that belong to Speech in C:\WINDOWS\Help... sapicpl.hlp speech.chm ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Stationary I delete any stationaries in this folder that I most-likely won't use. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Connection Wizard I delete entire contents of the Connection Wizard folder. And, C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP I delete the contents of the SIGNUP folder. Then I delete these 2 files that belong to them in C:\WINDOWS\Help... connect.hlp icwdial.chm And also these 5 files that belong to it in C:\WINDOWS\system32 icfgnt5.dll icwdial.dll icwphbk.dll inetcfg.dll isign32.dll ...Internet Signup ____________________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Messenger I delete the entire contents of the Messenger folder. (Don't if you use it.) C:\Program Files\Movie Maker I delete the entire contents of the Movie Maker folder. (Don't do it if you use Movie Maker. I don't, so I delete it.) C:\Program Files\MSN I delete contents of the MSN folder. C:\Program Files\MSN Gaming Zone I delete the contents of this folder. ______________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Netmeeting I delete the entire contents of the Netmeeting folder. (Don't do it if you use Netmeeting. I don't, so I delete it.) Then I delete these 4 files belonging to NetMeeting in C:\WINDOWS\Help... conf.chm conf.hlp nmchat.chm nmwhiteb.chm And these 8 files that belong to NetMeeting in C:\WINDOWS\system32... mnmdd.dll mnmsrvc.exe msconf.dll msg723.acm msh261.drv msh263.drv nmevtmsg.dll nmmkcert.dll _______________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Online Services I delete contents of the Online Services folder. C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Skins I delete all the Windows Media player skins I will never use. __________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS... C:\WINDOWS\Cursors I deleted any cursors and animated cursors I will never use. C:\WINDOWS\Media I delete most of the sounds Windows makes. C:\WINDOWS\Temp I delete any files I ever find in here. (note: It's a good idea to delete these after a reboot, because some programs you install still use these temporary installation files to complete their installation on the next boot C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper I deleted all the wallpapers I didn't like...which is actually all of them. __________________________________________________________________________ Individual Files I remove in the Windows Directory: C:\WINDOWS any *.log files (I regularly delete any ".log" files that turn up in this folder.) "WindowsUpdate.log" will not be deleted in SP2. control.ini (zero-length file) system.ini (XP doesn't use this.) win.ini (XP just ignores it anyway.) NOTEPAD.EXE (They is another one in system32 I keep.) All *.bmp Files clock.avi ________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32... I delete all the empty numbered folders except 1033, which isn't empty. This just kind of gets them out of my way so I can more easily see what's in system32. C:\WINDOWS\system32\DirectX\Dinput I delete contents of the Dinput. ____________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe I delete the entire contents of the "oobe" folder. OOBE is "Out of the Box Experience". OOBE is the wizard that usually runs after Setup and performs the following functions: product activation, registration, mouse tutorial, user creation. _____________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32 Individual Files I also remove from system32 at this point while I'm in there: Any *.scr Files (SreenSavers) I don't like. ctfmon.exe ...CTF Loader (The Language bar appears on your desktop automatically when you add handwriting recognition, speech recognition, or an Input Method Editor (IME) as a method of entering text. In addition, if you add a second language or keyboard layout, you can display the Language bar from the taskbar.) ntimage.gif packager.exe setup.bmp sysedit.exe Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584394932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggrophobik Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 So I d/led and ran your little batch file for fun on my laptop and this is what I get on reboot: A problem is preventing Windows from accuratly checking the liscence for this computer Error 0x80070002 Oops, guess that'll teach me... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584395531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Part III has only two steps to it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Slimming Down XP-SP2 Slipstreamed Installation: A Simple Guide To Removing Some Unnecessary Files From Your XP-SP2 Installation...PART III _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Windows Optional Components... I simply remove all the Optional Components in Disk Cleanup > More Options > Windows Components I don't want installed. I don't bother with the "sysoc.inf file tweak" ...where you remove all the "Hide"s between the commas...it never shows me that much additional Optional Components it'll let me remove anyway. ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Removing TEMP and Junk files... There are many good TEMP and Junk File Cleaners out there. Most of them are free and will work as well or maybe even better than mine. I happen to use these two: HDValet and IE Privacy Keeper. I just like them. (I know, I know...yours are bigger and better...LOL.) This is how I configure my Temp File Cleaner, HDValet to delete certain file extensions: ____________________________________________________________________________ LOG files... *.log ...Log Files But I protect these log files: INSTALL.LOG uninstal.log Unistall.log install.log NTUSER.DAT.LOG UsrClass.dat.LOG PASSWORD.LOG default.log SAM.LOG SECURITY.LOG software.LOG system.LOG PASSWD.LOG AVVirus.log AVApp.log AVError.log C:\WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.log _____________________________________________________________________________ The reason I protect the particular log files above is because without the Unistall.log and install.log files I can't uninstall certain programs if I want to. The system-protected LOG files, and NAV log files can't be deleted this way anyway, but I enter them so HDValet won't spend 5 minutes trying to figure out it can't delete them. ____________________________________________________________________________ TEMP and Junk files... I remove the... "Temp folder" and "Temporary files" and "Internet Explorer cache" ...from HDValets default list because I have it setup with IE Privacy Keeper instead. HDValet just takes too much time to realize it can't remove some of the files that are in use at the time. And in "Internet Explorer cache" it creates those stupid numbers and letters folders, and it re-creates the Index.dat file IE Privacy Keeper removes. (This is not the permanent Index.dat file in the Cookies Folder, btw. That one can't be removed permanently. It can only be deleted momentarily, but then re-creates itself clean.) ____________________________________________________________________________ TEMP and Junk files: *.000 ...sequential file in split Zip archive? *.001 ...sequential file in split Zip archive? *.002 ...sequential file in split Zip archive? *.1st ...(system.1st is a Windows diagnostic file) *.$$$ ...MS-DOS Temporary Files *.&db ...Temporary Files (dBASE IV) *.--- ...Setup Temporary Files *.?$? ...Temporary Files(st Reader) *.?~? ...Temporary Files *.MS ...Microsoft Product Backup Files *.^ ...Temporary Files *.__ ...Temporary Files *._dd ...Lost Cluster Files *._detmp ...Temporary Files *.mp ...Temporary Files *.bak ...Backup Files *.b~k ...Backup file, some text editors *.bk ...Backup file *.bk? ...Potential junk chklist.* ...Lost Cluster Files *.chk ...Lost Cluster Log Files *.cpy ...Backup Files *.db$ ...Temporary Files (dBASE) *.dmp ...Potential junk ____________________________________________________________________________ *.edb ....Exchange Server store (a database) But I protect these files because Windows will not allow them to be deleted. C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\tmp.edb C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\DataStore.edb ____________________________________________________________________________ *.err ...Error File *.fic ...Potential junk *.fnd ...Find Result Files *.ftg ...Word List File of *.HLP *.fts ...Word List File of *.HLP *.gid ...Windows Help Index Files ___________________________________________________________________________ I also protect this folder's contents. C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temp I don't instruct HDValet to remove the files here because it just takes too long to figure out it can't remove a file or two which can be in use at the time. IE Privacy Keeper does a much better job with this type of file. ___________________________________________________________________________ *.nav ...Backup Files *.nu3 ...Symantec Backup File *.old ...Backup Files *.prv ...Backup Files (bootlog.prv: Windows diagnostic file) *.sav ...Backup file. *.sdi ...Archive Content File *.sik ...Potential junk *.spc ...Temporary Files (WordPerfect for Windows) *.syd ...Backup Files *.temp ...Temporary Files *.tmp ...Temporary Files *.wbk ...Word Backup Files *.~* ...Temporary Files *__ofidx*.* ...Microsoft Find Fast Indexer File *.license.txt ...Potential junk *install*.txt ...Potential junk *.log.txt ...Log Files Windows diagnostic files *modemlog.txt ...Windows Modem Log File *order*.txt ...Potential junk ____________________________________________________________________________ *readme*.txt ...Potential junk I have to protect Perfect Disk's readme files because it won't operate without its "readme.txt" or "register.txt" files: C:\Program Files\RAXCO\PD60Install\program files\Raxco\PerfectDisk\Readme.txt C:\Program Files\RAXCO\PD60Install\program files\Raxco\PerfectDisk\Register.txt C:\Program Files\RAXCO\PerfectDisk\readme.txt C:\Program Files\RAXCO\PerfectDisk\register.txt ____________________________________________________________________________ *whatsnew*.txt ...Potential junk 0*.nch ...Temporary Files created by MS Outlook Express ABEND.LOG ...Novell Abend Log anti-vir.dat ...Created by F-Prot Anit-Virus eula.txt ...Microsoft end-user license agreement file_id.diz ...Description of Shareware ghosterr.txt ...Norton Ghost Error File iebak.dat ...Internet Explorer Junk File modemdet.txt ...Windows Diagnostic file mscreate.dir ...Microsoft Junk File msoe.txt ...Readme for Microsoft Outlook Express mssecure.xml ...Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer File pq_debug.txt ...PowerQuest PartitionInfo file pspbrwse.jbf ...Paint Shop Folder Image Information Cache File suhdlog.dat ...Windows diagnostic file system.st ...Windows diagnostic file twain???.mtx ...TWAIN Temporary file I'm still need to add definitions to... *.bmk *.cam *.cb *.cln *.cnt *.da1 *.da2 *.diz *.doc *.fix *.ign *.ink *.lgc *.lge *.lic *.new *.out *.par *.pvt *.query *.syd *.umb *.~mp *.!!! *.lhx ____________________________________________________________________________ Additional extensions already in HDValet... Borland Temporary Files: *.ilc *.ild *.ilf *.ils *.tds Setup Temporary Files: mscreate.dir Temporary Files: *.~* *.^* *.??$ Visual Studios temp files: *.bsc *.ilk *.res *.pch WS_FTP temporary files: ws_ftp.log ____________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584411776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piepke Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 So for those of you who have done all this, did you notice a speed-up? I'm thinking about following all these instructions but I don't need it to save space (got plenty of it). If this does speed up the PC it would be worth the time. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584411826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 The past few days I've been fighting like hell with XPLite...trying to get my $50.00!!! worth out of the program. It's such a shame that XPLite is such a **** poor program. 98Lite was a fantastic program, and the makers are banking on the reputation of 98Lite to take our money gladly for this very unstable, unready XPLite. Below, I'll list the components I removed using XPLite...for a grand total space savings of 34MB. These files are the exact files XPLite removes. These are also the only components I could remove with XPLite that did not start creating errors in the Event Viewer, or crippling some of SP2's new vital and cool stuff...like Firewall Protection, as one example. Microsoft definitely tied some components together this time with the integration of SP2. The files in C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem are not as easily removed as they were with SP1...at least, not without mucking some things up. Many components are now tied together. You can't even remove the Wireless Zero files from system32 without messing up Microsoft's Firewall Protection. And the list goes on. Anyway, back to XPLite. I paid $50.00!!! for the program. As my way of getting even with the makers...You won't have to! Here's what I used XPLite to remove from my system, and the exact files it removes. Other than these, if you go any further with deleting things with it, you'll find yourself in a world of hurt. This program was not ready for market, and the makers should be ashamed of themselves. I won't be keeping my setup this way. I don't trust this program getting it right. I would much rather go on learning about files and what can be removed on my own. This is just something I just I thought I'd try. I still trust myself more about what I know about files than I do the makers of XPLite. Now, here's how to save 34MB with XPLite... ____________________________________________________________________________ Active Directories Service Deleted these 3 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem dsprov.dll dsprov.mfl dsprov.mof Deleted these 11 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 activeds.dll activeds.tlb adsldp.dll adsldpc.dll adsmsext.dll adsnt.dll dsprop.dll dsquery.dll dssec.dat dssec.dll dsuiext.dll ___________________________________________________________________________ Web Client Removed these 2 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 davclnt.dll webclnt.dll __________________________________________________________________________ Internet Authentification Service Deleted the entire contents of C:\WINDOWS\system32\ias(IAS) Deleted these 10 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 iasacct.dll iasads.dll iashlpr.dll iasnap.dll iaspolcy.dll iasrad.dll iasrecst.dll iassam.dll iassdo.dll iassvcs.dll ____________________________________________________________________________ MSAC (MS Data Access Components) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Per X-teq: Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) includes a service DataFactory, that allows developers to easily access data over the internet on this machine. However, it can happen that this technique is a security problem. If configured in "Unsafe Mode", it allows hacker to execute code, query data and other ugly things. This bug was fixed with MDAC 2.o, but can still be a problem. To make sure your machine is safe, activate this option. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO All the contents of this folder. C:\Program Files\Common Files\MSSoap\Binaries\Resources\1033 All the contents of this folder. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado Deleted these 14 files: adojavas.inc adovbs.inc MDACReadme.htm msader15.dll msado15.dll msado20.tlb msado21.tlb msado25.tlb msado26.tlb msadomd.dll msador15.dll msadox.dll msadrh15.dll msjro.dll But kept this 1 file: msado27.tlb -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\msadc All the contents of this folder and its contents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB Deleted these 22 files: msdadc.dll msdaenum.dll msdaer.dll msdaorar.dll msdaosp.dll msdaps.dll msdasc.dll msdasql.dll msdasqlr.dll msdatl3.dll msdatt.dll msdaurl.dll msxactps.dll oledb32.dll oledb32r.dll oledbjvs.inc oledbvbs.inc sqloledb.dll sqloledb.rll sqlsoldb.chm sqlxmlx.dll sqlxmlx.rll But kept these 3 files: MSDAIPP.DLL msdaora.dll MSDAPML.DLL ____________________________________________________________________________ System Restore Deleted this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers sr.sys Deleted the entire contents of C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore Deleted these 3 individual files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 srclient.dll srrstr.dll srsvc.dll ____________________________________________________________________________ USR/3Com Modem drivers Deleted these 16 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 usrcntra.dll usrcoina.dll usrdpa.dll usrdtea.dll usrfaxa.dll usrlbva.dll usrmlnka.exe usrprbda.exe usrrtosa.dll usrsdpia.dll usrshuta.exe usrsvpia.dll usrv42a.dll usrv80a.dll usrvoica.dll usrvpa.dll _________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Agent Deleted these 18 files from C:\WINDOWS\Help agt0405.hlp agt0406.hlp agt0407.hlp agt0408.hlp agt0409.hlp agt040b.hlp agt040c.hlp agt040e.hlp agt0410.hlp agt0413.hlp agt0414.hlp agt0415.hlp agt0416.hlp agt0419.hlp agt041d.hlp agt041f.hlp agt0816.hlp agt0c0a.hlp Deletes these 11 files from C:\WINDOWS\msagent agentanm.dll agentctl.dll agentdp2.dll agentdpv.dll agentmpx.dll agentpsh.dll agentsr.dll agentsvr.exe agtctl15.tlb agtintl.dll mslwvtts.dll Deleted this 1 files from C:\WINDOWS\msagent\chars merlin.acs Deleted these 18 files from D:\LastGood\msagent\intl agt0405.dll agt0406.dll agt0407.dll agt0408.dll agt0409.dll agt040b.dll agt040c.dll agt040e.dll agt0410.dll agt0413.dll agt0414.dll agt0415.dll agt0416.dll agt0419.dll agt041d.dll agt041f.dll agt0816.dll agt0c0a.dll ___________________________________________________________________________ OBDC Database drivers ODBC is a programming interface that enables applications to access data in database management systems that use Structured Query Language (SQL) as a data access standard. Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC) is an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows a programmer to abstract a program from a database. When writing code to interact with a database, you usually have to add code that talks to a particular database using a proprietary language. If you want your program to talk to an Access, Fox and Oracle databases you have to code your program with three different database languages. ___________________________________________________________________________ Deleted these two files from C:\WINDOWS\Help msorcl32.chm odbcinst.chm Deleted these 37 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 cliconfg.dll cliconfg.exe cliconfg.rll dbmsrpcn.dll DBnetlib.dll dbnmpntw.dll ds16gt.dll ds32gt.dll mscpx32r.dll mscpxl32.dll msorc32r.dll msorcl32.dll odbc16gt.dll odbc32gt.dll odbcad32.exe odbcconf.dll odbcconf.exe odbcconf.rsp odbccp32.cpl odbccp32.dll odbccr32.dll odbccu32.dll odbcji32.dll odbcjt32.dll odbcp32r.dll odbctrac.dll oddbse32.dll odexl32.dll odfox32.dll odpdx32.dll odtext32.dll sqlsodbc.chm sqlsrv32.dll sqlsrv32.rll sqlunirl.dll sqlwid.dll sqlwoa.dll ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then I deleted the shortcut, "Data Sources (ODBC)", in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then I removed this file in C:\WINDOWS OBDCINST.INI ___________________________________________________________________________ Search Assistant Deleted all files in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst Deleted all files in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\chars Deleted all files in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\mui\0409 ___________________________________________________________________________ Twain Image Acquisition Drivers Deleted these individual files from C:\WINDOWS twunk_16.exe (Twain Working Group) twunk_32.exe (Twain Working Group) twain.dll ...Twain Source Manager (Image Acquisition Interface) I don't have a scanner. twain_32.dll ...Twain_32 Source Manager (Image Acquisition Interface) I don't have a scanner. ____________________________________________________________________________ Indexing Service and Indexing Service language resources Deleted these 14 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 ciadmin.dll ciadv.msc cic.dll cidaemon.exe ciodm.dll cisvc.exe idq.dll infosoft.dll ixsso.dll LangWrbk.dll mimefilt.dll nlhtml.dll offfilt.dll webhits.dll ___________________________________________________________________________ Smart Card Services Deletes these 9 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 scarddlg.dll scardssp.dll scardsvr.exe sccbase.dll sccsccp.dll scredir.dll slbcsp.dll slbiop.dll slbrccsp.dll ____________________________________________________________________________ Migration Wizard Deleted these 20 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32\usmt guitrn.dll guitrn_a.dll iconlib.dll log.dll migapp.inf migism.dll migism.inf migism_a.dll migload.exe migsys.inf miguser.inf migwiz.exe migwiz.inf migwiz_a.exe script.dll script_a.dll sysfiles.inf sysmod.dll sysmod_a.dll usmtdef.inf _____________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584421461 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xGokux Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Thx! This helped a lot with my comp. problems! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584545339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchenutensils Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 i have a tonne of $ntuninstall$'s but iv started to worry if there something unrelated to just $uninstall$s - could anyone clear that up for me? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584545470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
odious_m Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 i have a tonne of $ntuninstall$'s but iv started to worry if there something unrelated to just $uninstall$s - could anyone clear that up for me? What do you mean? Please elaborate! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584554574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGazza Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 i have a tonne of $ntuninstall$'s but iv started to worry if there something unrelated to just $uninstall$s - could anyone clear that up for me? I thought that was in relation to the service packs incase you wanted to uninstall them, i am not sure either so i just kept it :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584558964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Sorry it took so long for me to get back with PART 5 of this new SP2 file deleting guide, but I recently switched to a DSL connection from a Dialup connection and have been have tons of fun downloading movies, and learning about codecs and such needed to watch these movies. Anyway, for PART 5 I ran some tests with the cmd files I made for SP1. I find they work perfectly for SP2 as well. Please do read some of the notes I made next to some of the files listed below before downloading and using the three cmd files I'll post below all this. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Slimming Down XP-SP2 Slipstreamed Installation: A Simple Guide To Removing Some Unnecessary Files From Your XP-SP2 Installation...PART 5 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ I have three .cmd files I made for removing "complete" folders and all their contents. They remove only the folders which I normally remove the entire folder and its contents. They do not remove individual files I single out from a folder to remove. That will have to come later. For now you'll have to remove those manually. Files and folders that cannot be removed will either not be removed or else be replaced by Windows immediately or upon the next boot. I made them the .cmd files into three sections: 1. Documents and Settings Folders.cmd 2. Programs Files Folders.cmd 3. WINDOWS and system32 Folders.cmd (I'll post the three files in a zip folder below.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Smart Placement: These .cmd files will move and save the folders and their files to a backup folder on C:\ . The backup folder is simply named, Backup. Within the Backup folder you'll notice what I call "smart placement" of subfolders, identical to how they look in XP. For example, you will see a folder named Program Files. Within Program Files you will see Common Files. Within Common Files you will see Microsoft Shared. Within Microsoft Shared you will see Speech. Within Speech you will see all the files the Speech folder contains. I did this "smart placement" of folders and their files for you, so you would always know exactly where they came from should you decide to replace some, or all, of them to their original locations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some files and folders I already removed in Parts 1-4 of this new SP2 file deleting guide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Removed using my cmd files: C:\Documents and Settings I completely delete the LocalService folder, not just its contents. I completely delete the NetworkService folder, not just its contents. (I'm not on a network of computers.) ALTHOUGH, I notice that these folders will no longer delete for me, even with System File Protection disabled. It either has something to do now with SP2, or because I am now using DSL instead of a Dialup connection. ___________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM I delete the folder and its contents. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates I delete the folder. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Crypto I delete the folder and its subfolders. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson I delete the folder. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\HTML Help I delete the folder. __________________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Help I delete the folder. C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Identities I delete the folder and its contents. C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\MMC I delete the folder. _______________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files... C:\Program Files\ComPlus Applications I delete the ComPlus Applications folder. C:\Program Files\microsoft frontpage I delete the microsoft frontpage folder. C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information I delete the Online Services folder. C:\Program Files\xerox I delete the xerox folder. ______________________________________________________________________ C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo I delete the folder and its contents. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Folders I delete the folder and its contents. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Services I delete the Services folder and its contents ______________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS I delete all $NtUninstall$xxxx folders. These first folders you see in the WINDOWS folder are Windows Update installation/uninstall files for the updates gotten from Windows Update. These files are only used if you want to "uninstall" a particular Hotfix. They have nothing to do with the Hotfixes being in good working order on your system. You can safely delete these folders. Then go to the Add/Remove Utility. From here you can delete their corresponding Hotfix entries, as it will be invalid now anyway. Highlight their Hotfix entry and click on Remove. C:\WINDOWS\addins ActiveX controls (.ocx) files This folder is always empty on my system, so I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\AppPatch (Application compatibility files) I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\Config I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\Debug\UserMode I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations I delete the contents of the folder. C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files I delete the contents of the folder. -------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\Help I delete all individual files but keep the folder. ALTHOUGH, I have decided to keep my Help files...I'm not that bright, and I can still learn a lot from them. So I replace the Help folder and its files back to C:\WINDOWS after I run the command files. ------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\ime (language files) I delete the "ime" folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\msapps I delete the folder and its contents. Files that support backward compatibility in applications. C:\WINDOWS\mui I delete the "mui" folder. Multi-user interface files. C:\WINDOWS\nview I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\Offline Web Pages I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\PIF I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\pss I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\Profiles (Seemingly useless folder created by Adobe Reader.) I delete the folder and its contents ------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\repair I delete the folder and its contents. (Registry backup files. These files are updated if you use NTBackup and choose to back up system state files. Per relder: There are backup copies of the hive files in the systemroot\repair directory. But if you are not running MSBackup, they are from the day that the operating system was installed. If you're using MSBackup then they are from the date of the last backup.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\security\Database I delete the folder and it's contents. C:\WINDOWS\ShellNew (I delete the folder.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\system (Backward compatibility files related to the System folder) I delete contents of the folder. Some older applications you install that look for files in the System folder. The majority of these files have duplicates in the system32 folder. If you want, you can cut and paste them to the system32 folder. The couple of files system32 does not contain will then be placed there now instead, and you shouldn't have any problem installing older applications. I found three files that did not already exist in system32: crlds3d.dll setup.inf stdole.tlb -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\twain_32 (Imaging files for scanners) I delete the folder and its contents. I don't have a scanner. __________________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32... C:\WINDOWS\system32\3com_dmi I delete the folder. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\system32\Com I delete the folder. Component Object Model (COM) objects. I don't use this. So I'll delete this folder and its contents, and then I open up the Control Panel/Administrative Tools and delete the "Component Services" shortcut there. Also, while I'm in Control Panel/Administartive Tools, I'll go ahead delete "Data Sources (ODBC)" as I do not use this either. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\WINDOWS\system32\Defaults I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\dhcp I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\system32\export I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\system32\ias (Internet Authentication Service files) I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\icsxml (Universal Plug and Play files) I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\IME I delete the "IME" folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed I delete the folder and its contents. I do not use Macromedia Flash. C:\WINDOWS\system32\MsDtc\Trace (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator files) I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\mui (Multi-user interface files) I delete the "mui" folder and all its contents. Don't, if you have multiple users logging onto your computer. C:\WINDOWS\system32\npp (Network Monitor and trace files.) I delete the "npp" folder and its contents. I'm not on a network of computers. C:\WINDOWS\system32\ras ( Remote access server encryption files ) I delete the "ras" folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\system32\ShellExt I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\system32\wins I delete the folder. C:\WINDOWS\system32\xircom I delete the folder ___________________________________________________________________ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584564520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGazza Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Hey Bold, is it ok if u put all ur part 1234 and 5 guides in one? Plz dont flame me if u cant :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584564720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 (edited) McGazza?, they are free to do with as you wish. I didn't do this for profit...I did it for you guys and gals. (I already know what I can delete.) But use this for part 4...since I have made some additions to it since last posting it... ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Slimming Down XP-SP2 Slipstreamed Installation: A Simple Guide To Removing Some Unnecessary Files From Your XP-SP2 Installation...PART 4 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ PART 4a: ____________________________________________________________________ C:\Documents and Settings I completely delete the Default User folder, not just its contents. CAUTION: Per Rob Elder: The default user folder is used to build a profile for any user logging on to your PC for the first time. If you delete the default user folder, any new user accounts will not be able to log on. Also if any current profile becomes corrupted, that account will be toasted too ____________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS... C:\WINDOWS\lastgood I delete this folder and it's contents. C:\WINDOWS\msdownld.tmp I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\RegisteredPackages I delete the folder and its contents. C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution You can delete the contents of this folder. Upon your next visit to Windows Update it will be recreated. ____________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32... C:\WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot I delete the entire contents of this folder. What needs to be replaced does so automatically. Usually after a Windows Update. C:\WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot2 I delete the entire contents of this folder. What needs to be replaced does so automatically. Ususally after a Windows Update. Also, I regularly delete all the temp files that return to this folder. I have my temp file cleaner configured to delete these file extentions: .txt, .chk, .log files. ____________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32\ReinstallBackups I'll delete all backup files in here when I'm certain I will be keeping all of my updated drivers. ____________________________________________________________________ C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile I delete the "systemprofile" folder and all its contents. ____________________________________________________________________ PART 4b: (Using XPLite...although, I didn't need it. I just wanted to see what it could do. Personally, I think I do better at deleting files...LOL.) ____________________________________________________________________ Active Directories Service Deleted these 3 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem dsprov.dll dsprov.mfl dsprov.mof Deleted these 11 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 activeds.dll activeds.tlb adsldp.dll adsldpc.dll adsmsext.dll adsnt.dll dsprop.dll dsquery.dll dssec.dat dssec.dll dsuiext.dll ____________________________________________________________________ Advanced System Services ____________________________________________________________________ Distributed Link Tracking Client Deleted this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32 trkwks.dll -------------------------------------------------------------------- Error Reporting Deletes this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32 ersvc.dll -------------------------------------------------------------------- Network DDE Deletes this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32 netdde.exe -------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Client Removed these 2 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 davclnt.dll webclnt.dll ____________________________________________________________________ Internet Authentification Service Deleted the entire contents of C:\WINDOWS\system32\ias(IAS) Deleted these 10 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 iasacct.dll iasads.dll iashlpr.dll iasnap.dll iaspolcy.dll iasrad.dll iasrecst.dll iassam.dll iassdo.dll iassvcs.dll ___________________________________________________________________ MSAC (MS Data Access Components) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Per X-teq: Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) includes a service DataFactory, that allows developers to easily access data over the internet on this machine. However, it can happen that this technique is a security problem. If configured in "Unsafe Mode", it allows hacker to execute code, query data and other ugly things. This bug was fixed with MDAC 2.o, but can still be a problem. To make sure your machine is safe, activate this option. ------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO All the contents of this folder. C:\Program Files\Common Files\MSSoap\Binaries\Resources\1033 All the contents of this folder. ------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\ado Deleted these 14 files: adojavas.inc adovbs.inc MDACReadme.htm msader15.dll msado15.dll msado20.tlb msado21.tlb msado25.tlb msado26.tlb msadomd.dll msador15.dll msadox.dll msadrh15.dll msjro.dll But kept this 1 file: msado27.tlb ------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\msadc All the contents of this folder and its contents. ------------------------------------------------------------------- C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB Deleted these 22 files: msdadc.dll msdaenum.dll msdaer.dll msdaorar.dll msdaosp.dll msdaps.dll msdasc.dll msdasql.dll msdasqlr.dll msdatl3.dll msdatt.dll msdaurl.dll msxactps.dll oledb32.dll oledb32r.dll oledbjvs.inc oledbvbs.inc sqloledb.dll sqloledb.rll sqlsoldb.chm sqlxmlx.dll sqlxmlx.rll But kept these 3 files: MSDAIPP.DLL msdaora.dll MSDAPML.DLL ____________________________________________________________________ MS Networking Services ____________________________________________________________________ Alerter Service Deletes this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32 alrsvc.dll -------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Browser Deletes this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32 browser.dll -------------------------------------------------------------------- Messenger Deletes this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32 msgsvc.dll ____________________________________________________________________ System Restore Deleted this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers sr.sys Deleted the entire contents of C:\WINDOWS\system32\Restore Deleted these 3 individual files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 srclient.dll srrstr.dll srsvc.dll ____________________________________________________________________ Communication and Messenging ____________________________________________________________________ Chat Removed these 2 files from C:\WINDOWS\Help winchat.chm winchat.hlp Removed this 1 file from C:\WINDOWS\system32 winchat.exe -------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone Dialer Removed this 1 file from C:\Program Files\Windows NT dialer.exe Removed these 2 files from C:\WINDOWS\Help dialer.chm dialer.hlp Removed these 3 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 avmeter.dll avtapi.dll avwav.dll --------------------------------------------------------------------- USR/3Com Modem drivers Deleted these 16 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 usrcntra.dll usrcoina.dll usrdpa.dll usrdtea.dll usrfaxa.dll usrlbva.dll usrmlnka.exe usrprbda.exe usrrtosa.dll usrsdpia.dll usrshuta.exe usrsvpia.dll usrv42a.dll usrv80a.dll usrvoica.dll usrvpa.dll _____________________________________________________________________ Multimedia _____________________________________________________________________ ICM Color Profiles Deleted all the files in C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color Deleted these 3 files in C:\WINDOWS\system32 htui.dll icm32.dll icmui.dll _____________________________________________________________________ Operating System Options _____________________________________________________________________ Clipbook Deleted this 1 file from C:\WINDOWS\system32 ClipSrv.exe --------------------------------------------------------------------- Extra Fonts (.ttf) Removed these 6 additional fonts from C:\WINDOWS\Fonts from what I normally removed (See PART I of guide.) framd.ttf framdit.ttf trebuc.ttf trebucbd.ttf trebucbi.ttf trebucit.ttf These 3 files replaced themselves immediately in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts framd.ttf framdit.ttf trebucbd.ttf However, upon rebooting, they were removed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Agent Deleted these 18 files from C:\WINDOWS\Help agt0405.hlp agt0406.hlp agt0407.hlp agt0408.hlp agt0409.hlp agt040b.hlp agt040c.hlp agt040e.hlp agt0410.hlp agt0413.hlp agt0414.hlp agt0415.hlp agt0416.hlp agt0419.hlp agt041d.hlp agt041f.hlp agt0816.hlp agt0c0a.hlp Deletes these 11 files from C:\WINDOWS\msagent agentanm.dll agentctl.dll agentdp2.dll agentdpv.dll agentmpx.dll agentpsh.dll agentsr.dll agentsvr.exe agtctl15.tlb agtintl.dll mslwvtts.dll Deleted this 1 files from C:\WINDOWS\msagent\chars merlin.acs Deleted these 18 files from D:\LastGood\msagent\intl agt0405.dll agt0406.dll agt0407.dll agt0408.dll agt0409.dll agt040b.dll agt040c.dll agt040e.dll agt0410.dll agt0413.dll agt0414.dll agt0415.dll agt0416.dll agt0419.dll agt041d.dll agt041f.dll agt0816.dll agt0c0a.dll ------------------------------------------------------------------- OBDC Database drivers ODBC is a programming interface that enables applications to access data in database management systems that use Structured Query Language (SQL) as a data access standard. Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC) is an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows a programmer to abstract a program from a database. When writing code to interact with a database, you usually have to add code that talks to a particular database using a proprietary language. If you want your program to talk to an Access, Fox and Oracle databases you have to code your program with three different database languages. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Deleted these two files from C:\WINDOWS\Help msorcl32.chm odbcinst.chm Deleted these 37 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 cliconfg.dll cliconfg.exe cliconfg.rll dbmsrpcn.dll DBnetlib.dll dbnmpntw.dll ds16gt.dll ds32gt.dll mscpx32r.dll mscpxl32.dll msorc32r.dll msorcl32.dll odbc16gt.dll odbc32gt.dll odbcad32.exe odbcconf.dll odbcconf.exe odbcconf.rsp odbccp32.cpl odbccp32.dll odbccr32.dll odbccu32.dll odbcji32.dll odbcjt32.dll odbcp32r.dll odbctrac.dll oddbse32.dll odexl32.dll odfox32.dll odpdx32.dll odtext32.dll sqlsodbc.chm sqlsrv32.dll sqlsrv32.rll sqlunirl.dll sqlwid.dll sqlwoa.dll --------------------------------------------------------------------- Then I deleted the shortcut, "Data Sources (ODBC)", in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools --------------------------------------------------------------------- Then I removed this file in C:\WINDOWS OBDCINST.INI --------------------------------------------------------------------- Search Assistant Deleted all files in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst Deleted all files in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\chars Deleted all files in C:\WINDOWS\srchasst\mui\0409 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Twain Image Acquisition Drivers Deleted these individual files from C:\WINDOWS twunk_16.exe (Twain Working Group) twunk_32.exe (Twain Working Group) twain.dll ...Twain Source Manager (Image Acquisition Interface) I don't have a scanner. twain_32.dll ...Twain_32 Source Manager (Image Acquisition Interface) I don't have a scanner. ____________________________________________________________________ Server Components ____________________________________________________________________ Indexing Service and Indexing Service language resources Deleted these 14 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 ciadmin.dll ciadv.msc cic.dll cidaemon.exe ciodm.dll cisvc.exe idq.dll infosoft.dll ixsso.dll LangWrbk.dll mimefilt.dll nlhtml.dll offfilt.dll webhits.dll ____________________________________________________________________ System Services ____________________________________________________________________ Secondary Logon Removed this file from C:\WINDOWS\system32 seclogon.dll -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smart Card Services Deletes these 9 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32 scarddlg.dll scardssp.dll scardsvr.exe sccbase.dll sccsccp.dll scredir.dll slbcsp.dll slbiop.dll slbrccsp.dll ____________________________________________________________________ System Tools & Utilities ____________________________________________________________________ Migration Wizard Deleted these 20 files from C:\WINDOWS\system32\usmt guitrn.dll guitrn_a.dll iconlib.dll log.dll migapp.inf migism.dll migism.inf migism_a.dll migload.exe migsys.inf miguser.inf migwiz.exe migwiz.inf migwiz_a.exe script.dll script_a.dll sysfiles.inf sysmod.dll sysmod_a.dll usmtdef.inf _____________________________________________________________________ Edited September 15, 2004 by Bold_Fortune Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584564760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold_Fortune Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Hey Bold, is it ok if u put all ur part 1234 and 5 guides in one? Plz dont flame me if u can:):) Oh, if "I" can. I don't think one post will handle them all. Even in separate posts, they will always get lost within this thread because the thread sometimes moves along so fast. I sort of wish a moderator would pin these 5 guides so people wouldn't have to go searching through endless posts to figure out what is deletable. Unless someone has a site of their own where they can be posted and pinned. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584564812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruciz Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 (edited) I just followed this guide. I have WinXP and SP2 installed, I deleted everything but the oobe stuff and it removed about 7860 files totalling 1.2GB.. Nice stuff really. Excellent :) someone should make a bat file that will auto-remove most of these dir/files. I don't know if its possible, it would be a big bat... but would clean up like 1.5GB of Windows garbage. :) Edited September 15, 2004 by Ruciz Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/80511-winxp-guide-making-your-windows-folder-smaller/page/14/#findComment-584566011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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