8,000 plus images in "C" hard drive?????????

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Was searching for some specific photos and found them easily then I looked
further and it displayed 8,000 more that are stored in here. I could identify
a lot of them from at least 5 yrs. ago. Many were Logos, icons (even for
back-n-forth arrows), smiley faces, gambling logos, stationery sample
swatches available,
some pics from old e-mail attachments & forwards, images from Kodak's order
forms and sample pics from their software to order on line , as well as
Picassa, & Wal-Mart photo services for orders, albums, etc. icons from
everywhere for navigation. There are more but I think I gave you the jist of
the question. If any of the symbols/icons have anything to do with any
software programs downloaded will deletion screw up their performance?
I tried to delete what to me looked Un-Needed as I'd never look for them
again.
Some were not able to be deleted; so I moved on. Sometimes the message:
"Can't delete DC 2548 is being used, close and try again". I did various
things: emptied the recycle bin and that worked well as I could see how full
it had become. I then deleted about just 100 at a time and then emptied. Now
then: before I continue this (what I thought was a good idea), Am I Totally
Screwing Things Up?
I delved into hidden and sub folders to come up with that immensely HUGE
amt. of files. Should I continue or not? May have made a stupid decision
here. Prayin' I didn't tho.
 
flowerbrackob said:
Was searching for some specific photos and found them easily then I
looked further and it displayed 8,000 more that are stored in here.
I could identify a lot of them from at least 5 yrs. ago. Many were
Logos, icons (even for back-n-forth arrows), smiley faces, gambling
logos, stationery sample swatches available,
some pics from old e-mail attachments & forwards, images from
Kodak's order forms and sample pics from their software to order on
line , as well as Picassa, & Wal-Mart photo services for orders,
albums, etc. icons from everywhere for navigation. There are more
but I think I gave you the jist of the question. If any of the
symbols/icons have anything to do with any software programs
downloaded will deletion screw up their performance?
I tried to delete what to me looked Un-Needed as I'd never look for
them again.
Some were not able to be deleted; so I moved on. Sometimes the
message: "Can't delete DC 2548 is being used, close and try again".
I did various things: emptied the recycle bin and that worked well
as I could see how full it had become. I then deleted about just
100 at a time and then emptied. Now then: before I continue this
(what I thought was a good idea), Am I Totally Screwing Things Up?
I delved into hidden and sub folders to come up with that immensely
HUGE amt. of files. Should I continue or not? May have made a
stupid decision here. Prayin' I didn't tho.
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I am unsure why you are concerned over the small pictures.

I'm thinking that you should be concerned with pictures in directories you
utilize (like "My Documents" and "My Pictures" subfolder...) - nothing else.
Some of those pictures may actually be part of programs and displayed in
various ways during the usage of those programs.
 
Shenan Stanley said:
I am unsure why you are concerned over the small pictures.

I'm thinking that you should be concerned with pictures in directories you
utilize (like "My Documents" and "My Pictures" subfolder...) - nothing else.
Some of those pictures may actually be part of programs and displayed in
various ways during the usage of those programs.

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I think you are telling me what I thought would be a problem after the fact. At the time my rationale was that all the C-drive's 8,000 icons, images, etc. were unnecessary and unneeded taking up space on the hard drive, thinking that deletions would make space for me. I may just have to call Dell Tech Support to see what damage I did, I guess. Sure am glad I pay for their 24/7 assistance evr'y year. Thanks Much for your time, Jaemy
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