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‎03-12-2024 06:25 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion 23-a200a All-in-One Desktop PC
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

MS programs history on hard drive.JPGI have all these programs I was wondering I could delete to free up space. I was told years ago best not to touch but some are so old. Would welcome your advice. 

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‎03-13-2024 09:01 PM

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OK then delete those.  These are runtime libraries used by apps.  When the apps get updated, they sometimes need new libraries, so the automatically download them.  If you remove one an app needs, it will most likely just download it again.



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‎03-13-2024 08:16 AM

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They're only taking 10MB  to 20MB each -- NOT a lot of space.  I would leave them alone, but if you really wanted to free up space, then delete all of them 10 years old or older.



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‎03-13-2024 05:35 PM

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Thanks for your advice. I only showed a small snippet of the programs. It is more like 300mb of the 10 years or older. 😁

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‎03-13-2024 09:01 PM

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OK then delete those.  These are runtime libraries used by apps.  When the apps get updated, they sometimes need new libraries, so the automatically download them.  If you remove one an app needs, it will most likely just download it again.



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‎03-14-2024 12:32 AM

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Appreciate information 

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