I noticed in my Vista the other day in C:/USER/"user name/Searches folder that there are several folders full of TONS of CRAP....really listed is every file you moved or looked at / opened for months? I certainly don't want all this CLUTTER... Is there a way to delete the entire contents of this Searches folder with Ccleaner?

Note I don't really understand it all but I did some Google searches and somebody cleaned this folder out...that is deleted the contents with Ccleaner and then all the programs that files were listed there did not work? That's what he said anyway...I don't want that to happen...This is why I post to get the info from somebody who knows etc

thanks ahead of time!

All of those files are related to Vista's instant search feature (ie from the Start menu and Windows Explorer). These files are indexes of files/contents specified to be indexed. See this page to disable it:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/09/17/d...dexing-service/

WOW thanks for the very INFORMATIVE link!!!

I see I can turn all that file acquisition and LISTING crap off

However I still need clarification on the files there in the Searches folders up to now.
Can I safely delete them and not have my programs get ruined? I read on a forum elsewhere some
guy deleted these files and his programs didn't work then....

Once I can get rid of these files there now, then I will apply the "stop" as stated in the link
and my problem will be solved then!

Thank you very much for your help!

Sorry for the late reply. After disabling the index service and turning off indexing for your drives, the files should be removed automaticly. I remember reading that some where but have never tried it myself. See the 'Disable Indexing on Drives' section of that page.

Otherwise, I've never removed the index files so I couldnt say if it is safe or not. So long as you dont remove supporting files and only the indexes I dont see a problem.