Guest ColTom2 Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 Hi: I have two files that appear applicable Local Disk (C:) when I open Windows Explorer and was wondering if it safe to delete these files. First is "install.dat" 1 KB in size and the other is "INFCACHE.1" 5 KB in size.I do not understand why the second file INFCACHE.1 is appearing in this location as it is normally related to drivers I thought. Thanks, ColTom
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Safe to Delete These Files? They're so tiny, why would you want to delete them? I wouldn't delete install.dat because it may be required (probably is) to uninstall whatever app it belongs to. INFCACHE.1 is usually in the %WINDIR%\inf folder. Do you have one there? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message news:%23PGSRS44HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi: > > I have two files that appear applicable Local Disk (C:) when I open > Windows Explorer and was wondering if it safe to delete these files. > > First is "install.dat" 1 KB in size and the other is "INFCACHE.1" 5 KB in > size.I do not understand why the second file INFCACHE.1 is appearing in > this location as it is normally related to drivers I thought. > > Thanks, > > ColTom > >
Guest ColTom2 Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Safe to Delete These Files? Hi Gary: INFCACHE.1 is in the .inf folder on my Toshiba laptop with Windows Home SP2; however, on this computer (Sony Desktop) with MCE2005 it does not show up in the inf folder. It shows up in the Windows\Drivers folder applicable each specifically named driver and also like I said C:\. Thanks, ColTom "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:%238FiKs44HHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > They're so tiny, why would you want to delete them? I wouldn't delete > install.dat because it may be required (probably is) to uninstall whatever > app it belongs to. INFCACHE.1 is usually in the %WINDIR%\inf folder. Do > you have one there? > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message > news:%23PGSRS44HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Hi: >> >> I have two files that appear applicable Local Disk (C:) when I open >> Windows Explorer and was wondering if it safe to delete these files. >> >> First is "install.dat" 1 KB in size and the other is "INFCACHE.1" 5 KB in >> size.I do not understand why the second file INFCACHE.1 is appearing in >> this location as it is normally related to drivers I thought. >> >> Thanks, >> >> ColTom >> >> > >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Safe to Delete These Files? All I can say is that *I* would leave it alone. It certainly isn't doing any harm where it is, and even if you renamed it and waited to see what happened, you might have to wait a very long time before the need for it arose. For all you know, it was moved on purpose and *something* will expect to find it there. What I *might* do is copy it to the INF folder. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message news:uK7Ht744HHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi Gary: > > INFCACHE.1 is in the .inf folder on my Toshiba laptop with Windows Home > SP2; however, on this computer (Sony Desktop) with MCE2005 it does not > show up in the inf folder. > > It shows up in the Windows\Drivers folder applicable each specifically > named driver and also like I said C:\. > > Thanks, > > ColTom > > > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message > news:%238FiKs44HHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> They're so tiny, why would you want to delete them? I wouldn't delete >> install.dat because it may be required (probably is) to uninstall >> whatever app it belongs to. INFCACHE.1 is usually in the %WINDIR%\inf >> folder. Do you have one there? >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://www.grystmill.com >> >> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@nomail.com> wrote in message >> news:%23PGSRS44HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> Hi: >>> >>> I have two files that appear applicable Local Disk (C:) when I open >>> Windows Explorer and was wondering if it safe to delete these files. >>> >>> First is "install.dat" 1 KB in size and the other is "INFCACHE.1" 5 KB >>> in size.I do not understand why the second file INFCACHE.1 is appearing >>> in this location as it is normally related to drivers I thought. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> ColTom >>> >>> >> >> > >
Guest Kaja Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 RE: Safe to Delete These Files? My advice is definitely leave it alone. I used to delete stuff that I wass unsure of and it messed up my computer bigtime. Do not delete something especially having to do with Windows unless you know exactly what is is and what is does and you know what what you are doing. There are are far better ways to free up space like a defragmentation or deleting or a disk cleanup. Run disk cleanup once a week and defrag once a month. In XP go to Start, accesories, system tools, disk cleanup. For defrag same thing. This will make the computer run a bit quicker. Best Regards, Raymond "ColTom2" wrote: > Hi: > > I have two files that appear applicable Local Disk (C:) when I open > Windows Explorer and was wondering if it safe to delete these files. > > First is "install.dat" 1 KB in size and the other is "INFCACHE.1" 5 KB in > size.I do not understand why the second file INFCACHE.1 is appearing in this > location as it is normally related to drivers I thought. > > Thanks, > > ColTom > > >
Guest MadDog Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 RE: Safe to Delete These Files? Good advice. If it's not broken, don't fix it..... MD "Kaja" wrote: > > My advice is definitely leave it alone. I used to delete stuff that I wass > unsure of and it messed up my computer bigtime. Do not delete something > especially having to do with Windows unless you know exactly what is is and > what is does and you know what what you are doing. There are are far better > ways to free up space like a defragmentation or deleting or a disk cleanup. > Run disk cleanup once a week and defrag once a month. In XP go to Start, > accesories, system tools, disk cleanup. For defrag same thing. This will > make the computer run a bit quicker. > Best Regards, > Raymond > > "ColTom2" wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > I have two files that appear applicable Local Disk (C:) when I open > > Windows Explorer and was wondering if it safe to delete these files. > > > > First is "install.dat" 1 KB in size and the other is "INFCACHE.1" 5 KB in > > size.I do not understand why the second file INFCACHE.1 is appearing in this > > location as it is normally related to drivers I thought. > > > > Thanks, > > > > ColTom > > > > > >
Guest Juan B. Rivera Posted August 22, 2007 Posted August 22, 2007 Re: Not even if virus? Re: Not even if virus? Dear ColTom: It is not my intention to cause alarm, but even if they were virus-infected files, You should not delete them on ypur own. If your antivirus or antispyware utilities can recognize them as malware, they would delete them safely. "MadDog" <MadDog@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:500D4BCA-2B32-4741-9F2D-CA3BEC160DA8@microsoft.com... > Good advice. If it's not broken, don't fix it..... > > MD > > > > > "Kaja" wrote: > > > > > My advice is definitely leave it alone. I used to delete stuff that I wass > > unsure of and it messed up my computer bigtime. Do not delete something > > especially having to do with Windows unless you know exactly what is is and > > what is does and you know what what you are doing. There are are far better > > ways to free up space like a defragmentation or deleting or a disk cleanup. > > Run disk cleanup once a week and defrag once a month. In XP go to Start, > > accesories, system tools, disk cleanup. For defrag same thing. This will > > make the computer run a bit quicker. > > Best Regards, > > Raymond > > > > "ColTom2" wrote: > > > > > Hi: > > > > > > I have two files that appear applicable Local Disk (C:) when I open > > > Windows Explorer and was wondering if it safe to delete these files. > > > > > > First is "install.dat" 1 KB in size and the other is "INFCACHE.1" 5 KB in > > > size.I do not understand why the second file INFCACHE.1 is appearing in this > > > location as it is normally related to drivers I thought. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > ColTom > > > > > > > > >
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