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  1. June 30th, 2006, 12:31 AM #1
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    I've been wondering about this for months now. I have some hidden folders in C:\Windows folder (54 of em). What are they and do I need them? Here are a few so you will know what I'm talking about...

    $MSI31Uninstall_KB893803v2$
    $NtUninstallKB887742$
    $hf_mig$
    $NtUninstallWMFDist11$...ect,ect

    They all use 324 MB. 142 MB are in $hf_mig$. It has a lotta folders in it. And it's the only one in black text, the other 53 are light blue(182 MB worth). And like I said, they're all hidden files.



    I found out why the folder names were in light blue. I used Tweak UI to change the color of compressed files to green and guess what, they're all green now.

    Last edited by idontno; June 30th, 2006 at 01:30 AM. Reason: Found out what the colors mean
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