Application Data Folder

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In Documents and Settings folder resides Application Data Folder, it has at
least 3 gigs of file space used up, my question is, what affect does it have
on the applications listed and can you safely delete any of the folders and
their contents. On one of my other computers this Application Data Folder
does not exist?

Thanks
 
Hello,

Do not delete the Application Data folder.

But you can delete the individual folders in them if you have removed the
corresponding program in your system.

For example, if you uninstall Skype, you may still have the Skype folder in
your Application Data folder which you can safely delete if you don't need
any of the settings/history left behind.

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"Daddio" <Daddio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DD791C6C-796D-4732-A048-76C1FA8AF32C@microsoft.com...
> In Documents and Settings folder resides Application Data Folder, it has
> at
> least 3 gigs of file space used up, my question is, what affect does it
> have
> on the applications listed and can you safely delete any of the folders
> and
> their contents. On one of my other computers this Application Data Folder
> does not exist?
>
> Thanks
 
Thanks Singapore, evidently the do contain important files for running the
applications, okay sounds good, thank goodness for large hard drives, lol!!

Daddio

"SingaporeWebDesign" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Do not delete the Application Data folder.
>
> But you can delete the individual folders in them if you have removed the
> corresponding program in your system.
>
> For example, if you uninstall Skype, you may still have the Skype folder in
> your Application Data folder which you can safely delete if you don't need
> any of the settings/history left behind.
>
> --
> Singapore Website Design
> http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
> Singapore Web Hosting
> http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html
> Windows XP FAQ
>
> "Daddio" <Daddio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DD791C6C-796D-4732-A048-76C1FA8AF32C@microsoft.com...
> > In Documents and Settings folder resides Application Data Folder, it has
> > at
> > least 3 gigs of file space used up, my question is, what affect does it
> > have
> > on the applications listed and can you safely delete any of the folders
> > and
> > their contents. On one of my other computers this Application Data Folder
> > does not exist?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>
 
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