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[Nichole]

I've been using ccleaner for several years now but until today I've never really looked deep into it's features. I've always just ran the cleaner and that's it. I just analyzed my "Hotfix Uninstaller" and am wondering if I should proceed with the cleaning? I read into it somewhat on the forum here and am seeing for the most part that it's suggested to leave it alone. If that's true, then fine but if I can run the cleaner on it safely then I will because it's using up a lot of space. Here's what came up off the analysis: 345.0 MB to be removed; Advanced- Hotfix Uninstallers 353,257 KB; 1,207 files. I'm assuming that's a lot? Either way, should I or shouldn't I? Thanks for the help in advance!

[Disk4mat]

If you remove the uninstallers you wont be able to remove an update in the future. These updates will become permanent. Unless your really hurting for disk space I would just leave them intact. Your using Windows XP?

[Nichole]

No, actually I'm still old-school--running Windows 2000 Pro. I'm not necessarily running low on space so I will leave them as they are. I've just been trying to go through my computer and clean out any unnecessary files, junk, whatever because it's been somewhat slow lately and I also seem to be low on virtual memory quite often lately. I'm probably going to have to get some more memory. I also have a new/used hard drive that is definitely an upgrade from my current one but I need to get around to cleaning it out. I got it from my work and it has programs & files on it that I don't want but they aren't easy to remove either.

[DennisD]

Hi Nichole.

Might be some uesful info here if and when you decide to go for more memory.

http://forum.pirifor...showtopic=22953

And you may find a proper removal tool here for some of that software you mention.

http://forum.pirifor...showtopic=23330

If you have problems with any specific program you can't remove, you can always post a question about it.

[Nichole]

Thanks for the info! I'll look into the memory.