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- From: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: Can I wax some OS/2 files..
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.090318@axion.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 08:03:18 GMT
- References: <XPNmqB2w164w@sps.pgh.pa.us> <harris.716007898@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu>
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- Reply-To: djackson@axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Jackson)
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- In article <harris.716007898@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu>,
- harris@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris) writes:
- |> kslater@sps.pgh.pa.us (Kevin J. Slater) writes:
- |>
- |> >I *need* space on my os/2 disk drives badly. Are there
- |> some files that
- |> >are installed with os/2 that I can safely delete? Is
- |> there a listing
- |> >anywhere of what files and .dll's are for what programs?
- |> How about a
- |> >program to see what program(s) use a particular .dll?
- |>
- [lines deleted]
- |> >\os2\viewdoc.exe - What's this do anyway?
- |>
- |> VIEW.EXE uses this program.
- |>
- ie, the command and REXX reference use these.
-
- |> >\os2\bitmap\os2logo.bmp
- |> >\os2\mdos\vcdrom.sys
- |>
- |> Delete them.
-
- I think os2logo.bmp is the startup screen so it may be wise
- to keep this.
-
- Also you could easily remove most of the contents of the
- 'productivity' folder
- - in the os2\apps and os2\apps\dll directories (Note that a
- lot of these are
- inter-reliant - delete one app and its' dll and many of the
- others will
- stop working too !)
-
- David J Jackson Telephone +44 473 645805
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