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Old 11-12-2007   #1 (permalink)
Phil


 
 

Disk Cleanup App

Hi
I was about to use the Disk Cleanup app, but a couple selections were
not particularly clear. Can I clean up the following items without
great consequence?

"Per user archived windows error report....."
"Per user queued windows error report....."
"System archived windows error report..."
"System queued windows error report...."

Thanks

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Old 11-12-2007   #2 (permalink)
Jimmy Brush


 
 

Re: Disk Cleanup App

Hello,

These are the reports that Windows asks you to send to Microsoft when the
system or an application crashes. Removing them won't have serious
consequences, although it does clear your Problem Reports and Solutions
control panel, preventing you from checking for solutions to those problems.


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- JB
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

"Phil" <keswick222@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hi
> I was about to use the Disk Cleanup app, but a couple selections were
> not particularly clear. Can I clean up the following items without
> great consequence?
>
> "Per user archived windows error report....."
> "Per user queued windows error report....."
> "System archived windows error report..."
> "System queued windows error report...."
>
> Thanks
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 01-04-2008   #3 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32 Bit
 
 

Re: Disk Cleanup App

There are some comments at various sites on the Internet where users have reported OS crashes and loss of applications data when the files in "System queued windows error report" is cleared by disk clean up. They comment about GB sized content. My system is in use for a month and I see where my "System queued windows error report" has nearly 200 MB of content. I have not cleared these reports. When are these files cleared by reporting if I don't clear them? Should I be concerned about data loss or OS crash when I clear them. Suggestions of Registry changes are made to avoid this loss of data and OS crash. They say it is a bug in Vista.

Last edited by DEANREILY; 01-04-2008 at 05:22 AM.. Reason: add information
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