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Justin55

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:33 am
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I have a couple folders on the root of C: that are like
4f90a5213ae3c64bcdc8eacee0628219 and 727d22b9c01d33ac73edfa
does anyone know what this are for, why they are there and can I delete them?

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Dytrog

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:35 am
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they sound like updates

"Justin" wrote:

> I have a couple folders on the root of C: that are like
> 4f90a5213ae3c64bcdc8eacee0628219 and 727d22b9c01d33ac73edfa
> does anyone know what this are for, why they are there and can I delete them?

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Kemco

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:38 am
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They are folders created by microsoft install files (updates and other
programs). They are used to store the log of the install. It is perfectly
fine to delete them if the install had no problems. Good Luck,

Joe

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"Justin" wrote:

> I have a couple folders on the root of C: that are like
> 4f90a5213ae3c64bcdc8eacee0628219 and 727d22b9c01d33ac73edfa
> does anyone know what this are for, why they are there and can I delete them?
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Dytrog

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:55 am
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i looked there they are just notepad records of your downloads and other
actions

"Kemco" wrote:

> They are folders created by microsoft install files (updates and other
> programs). They are used to store the log of the install. It is perfectly
> fine to delete them if the install had no problems. Good Luck,
>
> Joe
>
> Kemco ITP
>
> "Justin" wrote:
>
> > I have a couple folders on the root of C: that are like
> > 4f90a5213ae3c64bcdc8eacee0628219 and 727d22b9c01d33ac73edfa
> > does anyone know what this are for, why they are there and can I delete them?
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