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Removing unwanted Dll's
Name: Col Date: December 12, 2001 at 18:52:40 Pacific
Comment:
Hi, Does anyone know of an easy,safe way to check and remove unwanted DLL files in the Windows folder ?? I hate the bits left behind. Thanks guys. Col
Name: Richard Date: December 12, 2001 at 20:00:26 Pacific
Reply:
Col
Go here for a pretty good article on how to and what to use.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/search/e0645.pdf
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Response Number 2
Name: Renaissance Man Date: December 13, 2001 at 00:26:54 Pacific
Reply:
Of all the junk files on your computer (*.tmp, *.gid, index.dat, etc) the ones I'd leave alone are DLLs.
I once used a system cleaner to get rid of "unused" DLLs. It got rid of hundreds. Of course, right away I needed some of them (I remember I could no longer use Windows Update) so I had to restore the "unused" DLLs. How was I supposed to find one one(s) I needed out of hundreds?
Whatever you do, be careful and save the "unused" ones in a folder for a long, long time.
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Response Number 3
Name: Sue Date: December 13, 2001 at 00:40:59 Pacific
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That Program by Kevin Solways Clean Dills out says that it is not to be used with Windows Me. Sue
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Response Number 4
Name: Ewen Date: December 13, 2001 at 01:28:50 Pacific
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Take the advice of the previous posters Col. I used the Solway programme back in the 98SE days and I lived to regret it. Most DLLs are not that big anyway and if you do remove a dozen or so what gain is 4 meg odd?
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Response Number 5
Name: Ichabod Date: December 13, 2001 at 04:29:46 Pacific
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Take a look at the following pcworld article. On page 6 there is some good info on duplicate dll files and what kind of problems it can cause. I have spent a lot of time going thru my machine eliminating duplicates. I found as many as 5 dll files with the same name with as many as 3 different versions. I just rename the duplicates something I can find later. I don't think I would remove any until I was sure it was unneeded, and even then...
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