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  1. 21 Jun 2008 #1


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    Strange folders

    Looking over my system today I find 2 folders have been created and I have no Idea what they are for... they are SWINDOWS.~LS and SWINDOWS.~BT. They appear to be some type of install directories, but I have no clue as to what... Can anyone shed some light on these?

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  2. 21 Jun 2008 #2


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    Re: Strange folders

    In investigating further, these seem to be remnants of the SP1 install... I'm wondering if it is safe to delete them at this point... I hate the fact that Microsoft updates will sometimes leave behind crap...

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    Re: Strange folders

    Hello Jlhawk,

    If you do not plan on uninstalling the SP1, you can run the SP1 Cleanup Tool that should get rid of them for you safely and save you a junk of space on the hard drive. This tutorial will show you how to.

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    You should also run Disk Cleanup to see if it can find any junk for you as well to remove.

    Hope this helps,
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    Re: Strange folders

    Hi, can you make a "dir /x" via command prompt in the drive where those folders appear.

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    Re: Strange folders

    Shawn, thanks for the answer, I hate the fact that Microsoft installs and updates leave behind so much crap, and will be running the sp1 Cleanup. I also run Vista Manager and iObit's Advanced Windows Care and defrag which helps keep clutter to a minumum... I appreciate the help...
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    Hello Jlhawk,

    If you do not plan on uninstalling the SP1, you can run the SP1 Cleanup Tool that should get rid of them for you safely and save you a junk of space on the hard drive. This tutorial will show you how to.

    SP1 Disk Cleanup Tool

    You should also run Disk Cleanup to see if it can find any junk for you as well to remove.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn

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    Re: Strange folders

    Well, you have to look at it like this - if you installed SP1 and it *didn't* leave those folders around, then if you encountered a situation where you needed to uninstall Sp1, you wouldn't be able to and you'd be stuck with having to do a clean install from scratch.

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    Re: Strange folders

    Your welcome Jack.

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