I have 60,000 duplicate files on XP Anyone know how to isolate them & rid of them?
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I'm not an expert or anything but I had this problem too and I did a search for a registry cleaner - ended up using PC Doc pro - a free 30 day trial.  sorted it out and more.  check it out  - no promises though.\nAnother tip -  I read a lot of these questions and answers, which made me think about my registry,  there's nearly always someone posting the same problem - gives you some idea what to go for if that cheers you up any.   good luck!
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Right Click on that file and pick DELETE.  \n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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download http://www.ccleaner.com/  and run a scan and delete all the crap it finds. It should delete the NTuser files. Though I am not sure why you have so many copies. The ntuser files are based on your local windows login.
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Your best bet is to use Disk Cleanup. If you have WinXP, go to Start -> run ->cleanmgr.exe. It may take a minute for the program to pickup the files. \n\nDelete 'temporary internet files', 'temporary files', and 'recycle bin' files. The others you may want to investigate and see if you want to delete those files or not. Hope this helps!
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As a serious tip, if you need more disk space, delete things, or buy a new hard drive.  The 'compress old files' is a terribly implemented feature in Windows XP.  I recommend not using it.
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Use a program like CCleaner to clear all of your junk files, it will also clear those files you're taling about.  I posted a link in the sources for you.
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use safe mode. when you start your computer press f10 or f8. this will send you in to safe mode and you can delete that file.
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lol, go to start, click on control panel, go to add or remove files, and remove the items u wanna remove permanently from the comp. thats the only easy method . good luck
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http://www.ccleaner.com/ \nClean everything from that program\n\nReinstalling XP safely:\nhttp://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
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You can also have them automatically emptied when you close the internet or turn off your computer, or disable them completely.\n\nI would run a check every three days to delete unwanted files, virus scan often.
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Try dowloading CCleaner and running it.\nIt does a much better job than the standard Windows disk cleaner.  It does a good job of deleting unwanted files quickly and safely.  I have used it without any problems.\n\nDownload it here:\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/\n\nCCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free (and contains NO spyware). \n\nCleans the following:\n    * Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.\n    * Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.\n    * Recently opened URLs and files.\n    * Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs).\n      Including: Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more...\n    * Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries.\n      Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more...
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Get hold of CrapCleaner from FileHippo. Its free and it will tidy things its safe to tidy.\n\nYou can also delete restore points and change restore settings to save fewer restore points (or turn off system restore).\n\nIf you don't mind the risk, you can also delete all Windows update uninstallation folders - but do this the right way - they take up 800MB on my PC.
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just delete them, probably some virus
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You can use CCleaner. it's a free and very good software. This is not his only function.
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if u r using windows than just go to the drive in which u have installed the the os ..... then go to the windows folder and and then go to the fonts now u can easily delete the duplicate font .....
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hi there,\n    oh yea, most of us have this problem, ok here we go, first of all in win XP there is a system restore feature, which eats a lot of disk space, last week I retrieved 1.2 gb from my friends harddrive by disabling system restore.  So, if you are sure that you pc in future will not require SYSTEM RESTORE feature then disable it by RIGHT CLICK on MY COMPUTER - > PROPERTIES - > then select SYSTEM RESTORE tab, then, using settings turn off system restore for all drives. this will save more space.\n\nAnd regarding the files you want to delete, open the search box below the LOOK IN box click WHAT SIZE IS IT?, then specify the estimated size like starting from 512000kb(500MB) (for every MB add 1024 kb), then click on MORE ADVANCED OPTIONS check the boxes of SEARCH SYSTEM FOLDERS(IF U WANT),SEARCH HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS, SEARCH SUBFOLDERS. thats it, by specifying these results you can search for a specified sized files even if its hidden.\n\n   I think the files in the temporary folders (TEMP N TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES) are not shown, for that go to ur system drive then DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS->(select ur login id)->LOCAL SETTINGS, in this folder you can see the two temporary folders, try to search those folders individually using search options.\n\nthats it\n see ya,\nK.A.G.S.
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By deleting files you don't need anymore, or moving files to another drive.  Without knowing what's on your D: drive, I can't really be more specific than that.