"My Documents" is called "Documents and Settings" in the system, and it is also a special directory in XP, which records some special file information of users. Let's see what can be deleted.

C:/ Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data /Microsoft/ Media Index

This folder is related to WMPS8. If you have upgraded to WMP9, you can delete it.

C:/ Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data /Microsoft/ Media Player

This folder is related to WMP9. If you don't use WMP9 frequently, you can delete it. Will not affect the future use of WMP9. Because the next time you use WMP9, the system will automatically rebuild these contents.

C:/ Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data /Microsoft/ User Account Picture/Default Picture

It is used when setting up an account or using MSN. These pictures are nothing special. You can delete them or replace them with your favorite pictures.

C:/ Documents and Settings/All Users/Documents (or Shared Documents)/My Music

This directory is very special, and its name is different from that displayed in the toolbar. The actual steps to enter this directory are: "c:/ documents and settings/all users/"→ "* * * enjoy documents "→" * * * enjoy music ". Ordinary users will not put music files here, if not, they can delete them. ★

C:/ Documents and Settings/All Users/Documents (or Shared Documents)/My Pictures

Similar to my music catalog, if you don't put the pictures here, you can delete them.

C:/ Documents and Settings/User Name/My Documents/My Music★

Most people will open a special place on the hard disk to store music, so delete it. One thing to note is that if you play WMA files frequently, you will inevitably download some music playing licenses to the local hard disk, and the system will put these licenses in this directory by default. If you see the License Backup directory in the directory, it is recommended to copy it to another location and change the path in WMP's Tools/License Management. Of course, the card can also be deleted, and it will be automatically downloaded from the internet the next time you play.

C:/ Documents and Settings/All Users/[Start] Menu/Programs/Accessories/Accessible Tools★

Here is the program shortcut of the system accessibility wizard, which is for users with special needs. If there is no special usage habit, it can be deleted.

C:/ Documents and Settings/All Users/[Start] Menu/Programs/Accessories/Newsletters★

This can also be completely deleted, because it's just some shortcut icons.

C:/ Files and Settings/User Name/[Start] Menu/Programs/Accessories

This directory is a shortcut icon for some programs. There are few functions actually used in the attachment, and only Notepad and Windows Explorer are commonly used. Copy these important programs to "C:/ Documents and Settings/All Users/[Start] Menu/Programs/Accessories", and then delete this directory.

C:/ Documents and Settings/User Name/Favorites

The shortcut icon here, "MSN. Com "and" radio guide ",have you used these? Delete it if it doesn't work.

C:/ Documents and Settings/User Name/Favorites/Links

As above, if you don't use it, you can delete this directory. Here you need to modify the registry to permanently delete the linked folder. Find the key "HKEY _ Current _ User/Software/Microsoft /Internet Explorer/toolbar" in the registry, and delete the value of "LinksFolderName" on the right.

Second, the program file.

Everyone is familiar with "C:/Program Files", because when installing the program, its default installation path is here. Let's see what's in it

C:/ program file /Windows Update ★

This directory is used for upgrading and can be deleted. As long as you log in to the Windows upgrade website again to upgrade, this directory system will be automatically rebuilt on the spot.

C:/ program file /Windows Media Player/ skin ★

This is WMP's own "skin". I believe that many "skins" will not be used. It's best to leave only a few commonly used ones and delete the rest.

C:/ program file/public file /Microsoft Shared/ stationery ★

This is the stationery pattern in Outlook. Keep the useful and delete the unnecessary. If you don't use Outlook to send and receive emails, delete them all.

C:/ program file /Internet Explorer/ registration ★

This is a program shortcut to start the network installation wizard. If your network is normal and you don't need the help of the wizard, please delete it.

Third, the Windows directory can also be cleaned up.

Don't be intimidated by "C:/Windows", there are many things to delete here. In this directory, the file type is. BAK。 BMP，。 Old and ... TMP can be deleted. Except SchedLgU. TXT, used for scheduler service. Txt files can also be deleted. Notepad.exe and TASKMAN.exe can also be deleted because there are backups in the "System32" directory. In addition, the clock.avi and Control.ini files can also be deleted without any impact on the system.

C:/Windows/$NtUninstall$

This is the directory automatically created by the system when upgrading Windows online, and its function is to facilitate the uninstallation of the installed system patches. If the patch runs normally, these directories are meaningless and can be safely deleted. You can uninstall these patches in Add or Remove Programs. Of course, the patch was not really deleted, but the "Add or Remove Programs" window became cleaner.

C:/ window/cursor

This directory contains mouse schemes. If you cannot use them, delete them.

C:/Windows/Help

The first time you run Windows XP, you will always be prompted to run "Roaming Windows XP". The Chinese version uses a file in HTML format, only files, no sound. In fact, the English version of roaming function is also installed in the system. Although it is English, there is language, music and beautiful animation. It is the "tour.exe" in the "Tours/mmtour" catalogue. If it doesn't work, you can delete the whole directory of "Tour". Before that, you should delete the files in tourstrt.exe, tourW.exe and tourstart.exe in the "C:/Windows/ System32/dllcache" directory.

C:/Windows/inf

In this directory, you will see many files with the same file name and different suffixes, namely. Inf and. Pnf, they are. Inf file. If there is no. pnf file, the corresponding. The pnf file will be created automatically. Inf file running. Therefore, all. You can delete the pnf file in this directory.

C:/Windows/Media

These are some MID and WAV sound effects that come with the system. You can keep what you like and delete what you don't like.

C:/Windows/Temp

This is a temporary folder. Of course it can be deleted. However, it should be noted that it is best to delete it after the system is started, because many software installers will use the files here to complete the final installation after the restart.

C:/Windows/Web

The "gif" and "htm" files here can be deleted. Look in the "Wallpapers" directory. Most of the desktop background that comes with the system is here. Anything you don't like can be deleted.

C:/Windows/System32

There are many folders named "1033", which mainly store system error reports, and most of them are empty folders, which can be safely deleted.

c:/Windows/System32/Direct/d input

The files in this directory are mainly configuration files of game devices. If you cannot use them, delete them.

c:/Windows/System32/reinstall backups

There are many subdirectories here, which are the driver backups of the hardware in the computer. If you upgrade or replace a piece of hardware, and you are sure that you will not use the original driver, you can delete the corresponding directory.

In addition, you can also search the "desktop.ini" file in the system and delete it all. If the system needs the "desktop.ini" file, it will be recreated if necessary. There are four files, AUTOEXEC. Bat, configure. System, IO. SYS and MSDOS. SYS, in the root directory of drive C, can be deleted if it is 0 bytes.