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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
 
KRK said:
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
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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
 
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