deleting unused apps.

I recently went into the Control Panel's "Add or Remove Programs
selection and found two programs that I never used. They were Java2
Runtime Environment SEv 1.4.2_05 and 1.4.2_06 ... each of those
programs were using over 105 megs of hard disk space and I wanted to
get rid of them to free that space up.

My hard drive said that it had 40% free space before the deletion and
43% free space after I deleted them.

The problem came the next day when I checked my free space and found
that it had dropped back down to 40% ... I have no idea how this
happened and it seems to be the very same amount of space that I had
gained by deleting the two Java programs.

Does anyone have any experience in this area? How can I find out what
exactly is on my hard drive and how can I safely remove all the stuff
I don't want?

In news:koatk113v9h842f01mun2trgjkh9me4u32@4ax.com,
Jerry <clancy@eartlink.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I recently went into the Control Panel's "Add or Remove Programs
> selection and found two programs that I never used. They were Java2
> Runtime Environment SEv 1.4.2_05 and 1.4.2_06 ... each of those
> programs were using over 105 megs of hard disk space and I wanted to
> get rid of them to free that space up.
>
> My hard drive said that it had 40% free space before the deletion and
> 43% free space after I deleted them.
>
> The problem came the next day when I checked my free space and found
> that it had dropped back down to 40% ... I have no idea how this
> happened and it seems to be the very same amount of space that I had
> gained by deleting the two Java programs.
>
> Does anyone have any experience in this area? How can I find out what
> exactly is on my hard drive and how can I safely remove all the stuff
> I don't want?

You probably do use the java runtime environment... Ever see a little coffee
cup in the notification area when you visit a website? As for your missing
space I don't know the size of your drive (I suppose I could figure it out)
but if 105 MB is 3% of it then, well, it could be anything from newly
created temp files to all sorts of stuff. What's in the recycle bin? Temp
files? IE's TIF?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes

>In news:koatk113v9h842f01mun2trgjkh9me4u32@4ax.com,
>Jerry <clancy@eartlink.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> I recently went into the Control Panel's "Add or Remove Programs
>> selection and found two programs that I never used. They were Java2
>> Runtime Environment SEv 1.4.2_05 and 1.4.2_06 ... each of those
>> programs were using over 105 megs of hard disk space and I wanted to
>> get rid of them to free that space up.
>>
>> My hard drive said that it had 40% free space before the deletion and
>> 43% free space after I deleted them.
>>
>> The problem came the next day when I checked my free space and found
>> that it had dropped back down to 40% ... I have no idea how this
>> happened and it seems to be the very same amount of space that I had
>> gained by deleting the two Java programs.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience in this area? How can I find out what
>> exactly is on my hard drive and how can I safely remove all the stuff
>> I don't want?
>
>You probably do use the java runtime environment... Ever see a little coffee
>cup in the notification area when you visit a website? As for your missing
>space I don't know the size of your drive (I suppose I could figure it out)
>but if 105 MB is 3% of it then, well, it could be anything from newly
>created temp files to all sorts of stuff. What's in the recycle bin? Temp
>files? IE's TIF?

Hi Galen,

I solved the problem. When I deleted those two humungous java files
(which I hadn't used since sometime in 2003) there were directories
and files associated with the 2 programs still in the System Restore
directory. I turned off System Restore and turned it back on again
and voila I regained my free space...now those drive space hogs are
gone for good .

I do have a Java program ... J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4 ...
Sun's most recent one. That's the one that's involved with the coffee
cup. The two I deleted were something that I had on my hard drive
that were never being used ... like I said, it had been 2003 since I
last used them and each one was taking over 105 megs ... that's over
200 megs for the pair ... and they weren't doing me a bit of good.

You might want to check your Add/Remove Programs list and see if you
have them listed there and then see when you last used them.

They are:

Java2 Runtime Environment SEV 1.4.2_05 and
Java2 Runtime Environment SEV 1.4.2_06

Thanks for the feedback ... have a great day. :-)

In news:n1mtk1da11ivq0910hpt9tp2jlle578tm9@4ax.com,
Jerry <clancy@eartlink.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

>> In news:koatk113v9h842f01mun2trgjkh9me4u32@4ax.com,
>> Jerry <clancy@eartlink.com> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>>> I recently went into the Control Panel's "Add or Remove Programs
>>> selection and found two programs that I never used. They were Java2
>>> Runtime Environment SEv 1.4.2_05 and 1.4.2_06 ... each of those
>>> programs were using over 105 megs of hard disk space and I wanted to
>>> get rid of them to free that space up.
>>>
>>> My hard drive said that it had 40% free space before the deletion
>>> and 43% free space after I deleted them.
>>>
>>> The problem came the next day when I checked my free space and found
>>> that it had dropped back down to 40% ... I have no idea how this
>>> happened and it seems to be the very same amount of space that I had
>>> gained by deleting the two Java programs.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any experience in this area? How can I find out
>>> what exactly is on my hard drive and how can I safely remove all
>>> the stuff I don't want?
>>
>> You probably do use the java runtime environment... Ever see a
>> little coffee cup in the notification area when you visit a website?
>> As for your missing space I don't know the size of your drive (I
>> suppose I could figure it out) but if 105 MB is 3% of it then, well,
>> it could be anything from newly created temp files to all sorts of
>> stuff. What's in the recycle bin? Temp files? IE's TIF?
>
> Hi Galen,
>
> I solved the problem. When I deleted those two humungous java files
> (which I hadn't used since sometime in 2003) there were directories
> and files associated with the 2 programs still in the System Restore
> directory. I turned off System Restore and turned it back on again
> and voila I regained my free space...now those drive space hogs are
> gone for good .
>
> I do have a Java program ... J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4 ...
> Sun's most recent one. That's the one that's involved with the coffee
> cup. The two I deleted were something that I had on my hard drive
> that were never being used ... like I said, it had been 2003 since I
> last used them and each one was taking over 105 megs ... that's over
> 200 megs for the pair ... and they weren't doing me a bit of good.
>
> You might want to check your Add/Remove Programs list and see if you
> have them listed there and then see when you last used them.
>
> They are:
>
> Java2 Runtime Environment SEV 1.4.2_05 and
> Java2 Runtime Environment SEV 1.4.2_06
>
> Thanks for the feedback ... have a great day. :-)

Good idea I supose but, well, I never install Java from Sun any longer. I
don't really need any of it's features, don't develope it, and don't want to
add the additional processes to the PCs I own.


--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)

"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes