Hello,

In my 'Searches' folder I have several searches saved, none of which were
created by me. There are folders like 'recent documents' etc etc.

One of the folders is 'logs' . If I open it I finds several sub-folders and
dozens of other files, and it takes ages to load fully.

I don't recognise any of the files. Is it safe to delete these 'log' files?
Some seem to be several years old.

Thanks

KK

You can delete the LOG files.


"KRK" <trebor@yeleek.nospam.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> In my 'Searches' folder I have several searches saved, none of which were
> created by me. There are folders like 'recent documents' etc etc.
>
> One of the folders is 'logs' . If I open it I finds several sub-folders
> and dozens of other files, and it takes ages to load fully.
>
> I don't recognise any of the files. Is it safe to delete these 'log'
> files? Some seem to be several years old.
>
> Thanks
>
> KK[/color]

"KRK" <trebor@yeleek.nospam.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eqL961KzJHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> In my 'Searches' folder I have several searches saved, none of which were
> created by me. There are folders like 'recent documents' etc etc.
>
> One of the folders is 'logs' . If I open it I finds several sub-folders
> and dozens of other files, and it takes ages to load fully.
>
> I don't recognise any of the files. Is it safe to delete these 'log'
> files? Some seem to be several years old.
>
> Thanks
>
> KK[/color]


Short answer is it depends. You wouldn't want to be deleting *.log files in
'C:\Windows\System32\config\' since those constitute your registry, but most
others you can happily delete. While many programs tidy up after themselves,
some, no names mentioned [Windows Media Center'] leave many of their
superfluous log files around ad infinitum eg those in
'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\eHome\logs\'

Perhaps a rule of thumb is that if you get a UAC prompt (assuming they're
enabled) trying to delete it then think twice

--
Jon