Deleting Windows XP Wallpapers

[Shof]

Installed xp pro sp2 on my laptop then install autopatcher august 2007 x86 eng core files then i installed the July extras. Everything installed fine however when i check Delete New Windows xp wallpapers and it updates my system. After restarting my system, i notice those wallpapers are still there and it also removed the old win9x wallpapers like what i want. However its not removing the xp wallpapers. Anyone has an idea of whats preventing those wallpapers from deleting?

[roadgeek9]

Installed xp pro sp2 on my laptop then install autopatcher august 2007 x86 eng core files then i installed the July extras. Everything installed fine however when i check Delete New Windows xp wallpapers and it updates my system. After restarting my system, i notice those wallpapers are still there and it also removed the old win9x wallpapers like what i want. However its not removing the xp wallpapers. Anyone has an idea of whats preventing those wallpapers from deleting?

Go to the XP Directory and then to the Web directory in there.

[Shof]

Go to the XP Directory and then to the Web directory in there.

Um, say what? Did you read my post AT ALL?

I check the C:\WINDOWS\system32 and the C:\WINDOWS\ folder for the wallpapers in which i cant find them. Windows search says the same thing so they must be gone yet windows can still display those wallpapers

[roadgeek9]

Um, say what? Did you read my post AT ALL?

I check the C:\WINDOWS\system32 and the C:\WINDOWS\ folder for the wallpapers in which i cant find them. Windows search says the same thing so they must be gone yet windows can still display those wallpapers

It might be a locked folder, not too sure though.

[Vettetech]

what do you want to remove them anyways. its not like they are taking any space.

[Shof]

what do you want to remove them anyways. its not like they are taking any space.

Its only a 40gb hard drive on this laptop and i figure that if i can remove all of them i can free up about 1-3ish mb or so. After all, every byte counts when you are trying to free up space ;)

[roadgeek9]

what do you want to remove them anyways. its not like they are taking any space.

Thank you, they only take up about 5 MB.

[Shof]

As i said, due the small hard drive in this laptop every byte i can free up will be nice. So any more thought posts on how to remove these suckers?

[roadgeek9]

As i said, due the small hard drive in this laptop every byte i can free up will be nice. So any more thought posts on how to remove these suckers?

Delete everything in C:\(Windows XP Directory)\Web\Wallpapers

[Shof]

Delete everything in C:\(Windows XP Directory)\Web\Wallpapers

Thank You, that worked. Now why were you unable to do that in the first post and help me faster without me complaining on what i want to do,eh?

[roadgeek9]

Thank You, that worked. Now why were you unable to do that in the first post and help me faster without me complaining on what i want to do,eh?

Sorry, I am dyslexic, it takes me a while to read something correctly.

[jackc1990]

I suggest maybe investing in a cheap external Hard Drive. They are cheap as hell these days.

[Shof]

I suggest maybe investing in a cheap external Hard Drive. They are cheap as hell these days.

Its only a laptop and i few space hungry programs that i need and are kinda required for college so thats why i said every byte counts ;)

[PictorieN]

If your that hard up for space i suggest getting a new drive and cloning it. 80gig Laptop Drives are pretty cheap now even 7200rpm just be warry of heat issues in some laptops with the 7200s though. If you want a quick way to find files that are not needed or just taking up space i suggest using ccleaner. Which does a pretty good job of finding temp files that are no longer needed. CCleaner Website