A Lot fo Indetities

[Guest Jack Gillis]

Win XP Home SP3

 

In Documents and Settings under Application Data and Local Settings, I have

about two dozen different Identities. Some show a modification date back to

2004. The ones in Local Setting have only a Microsoft folder. The ones in

Application Data show as empty folders

 

Do I need to have all these things? If not, how do I determine which I can

delete?

 

Thank you very much.

[Guest Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Re: A Lot fo Indetities

 

"Jack Gillis" <XXXXXXXX@widomaker.com> wrote in message

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> Win XP Home SP3

>

> In Documents and Settings under Application Data and Local Settings, I

> have about two dozen different Identities. Some show a modification date

> back to 2004. The ones in Local Setting have only a Microsoft folder.

> The ones in Application Data show as empty folders

>

> Do I need to have all these things? If not, how do I determine which I

> can delete?

 

 

No you don't need them. In each identity that you use go to Tools | Options

| Maintenance | Store Folder and write down where it is storing its data.

When all of that information has been collected go to File | Manage

Identities and remove the ones you don't use.

Now use Windows Explorer to delete the folders for the identities you don't

use.

 

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM

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[Guest Jack Gillis]

Re: A Lot fo Indetities

 

Thank you, Frank.

 

I don't think I made myself clear. I was not talking about OE identities

but those that are named with a long string of numbers in the two folders I

mentioned under documents and settings such as {4D5A580C on and on}

 

Thanks again.

 

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@mvps.org> wrote in message

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> "Jack Gillis" <XXXXXXXX@widomaker.com> wrote in message

> news:utCPktw2IHA.2104@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Win XP Home SP3

>>

>> In Documents and Settings under Application Data and Local Settings, I

>> have about two dozen different Identities. Some show a modification date

>> back to 2004. The ones in Local Setting have only a Microsoft folder.

>> The ones in Application Data show as empty folders

>>

>> Do I need to have all these things? If not, how do I determine which I

>> can delete?

>

>

> No you don't need them. In each identity that you use go to Tools |

> Options | Maintenance | Store Folder and write down where it is storing

> its data.

> When all of that information has been collected go to File | Manage

> Identities and remove the ones you don't use.

> Now use Windows Explorer to delete the folders for the identities you

> don't use.

>

> --

> Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM

> Do not reply with email