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From: John on 11 Apr 2010 04:02
I have Windows XP with SP3. With a duplicate file finder I recently checked
my PC and was very surprised to find so many. In most cases they were
identified as just series of numbers and for me impossible to see what they
were.
Would it be OK to just delete all of them or would I run the risk to
adversely affect my PC ?

From: DL on 11 Apr 2010 04:20
If you don't know exactly what a file is for, then you run all sorts of
risks in deleting it

"John" <John(a)nomail> wrote in message
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> I have Windows XP with SP3. With a duplicate file finder I recently
> checked my PC and was very surprised to find so many. In most cases they
> were identified as just series of numbers and for me impossible to see
> what they were.
> Would it be OK to just delete all of them or would I run the risk to
> adversely affect my PC ?

From: almostbob on 11 Apr 2010 10:19
'risk' implies there is two possible outcomes
there is no risk, there is absolute certainty of adversely affecting the pc
filename has no relationship to the contents of the file, its function

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"John" <John(a)nomail> wrote in message
news:311E35D5-3FD9-4593-AB58-3E54072AC784(a)microsoft.com...
>I have Windows XP with SP3. With a duplicate file finder I recently checked
>my PC and was very surprised to find so many. In most cases they were
>identified as just series of numbers and for me impossible to see what they
>were.
> Would it be OK to just delete all of them or would I run the risk to
> adversely affect my PC ?


From: Ken Blake, MVP on 11 Apr 2010 11:33
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:02:13 +0800, "John" <John(a)nomail> wrote:

> I have Windows XP with SP3. With a duplicate file finder I recently checked
> my PC and was very surprised to find so many. In most cases they were
> identified as just series of numbers and for me impossible to see what they
> were.
> Would it be OK to just delete all of them or would I run the risk to
> adversely affect my PC ?



Yes, you would run a risk. My advice is not to delete *any* of the
duplicates, and to stay away from duplicate file finders; they can get
you into trouble.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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