Junk Folders

Dnomeld · 02. Oct 2011, 06:45 PM

Are there any programs that find junk folders (those created by programs that are no longer installed)? I just bought my first computer (second hand) and I want to give it a clean start. I am having difficulty with doing this manually as, I'm not yet experienced enough. I have seen reviews of programs that remove junk data but, none that mention folders. Thanks for the help.

jim · 02. Oct 2011, 06:58 PM

The difficulty here is that any program to do this would not know which is junk and which is not. Only you can decide that because if, as you say, they were created by previous programs then they are not junk in the context of the program that installed them. There are plenty of programs which delete empty folders though.

Anupam · 02. Oct 2011, 07:36 PM

Jim is right. No program can make decisions on your part, to consider if a folder/program is junk or not. Programs don't have that intelligence. So, you will have to make that decision yourself. I have replied to your similar query on the other thread.

02. Oct 2011, 06:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dnomeld Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 9	Junk Folders Are there any programs that find junk folders (those created by programs that are no longer installed)? I just bought my first computer (second hand) and I want to give it a clean start. I am having difficulty with doing this manually as, I'm not yet experienced enough. I have seen reviews of programs that remove junk data but, none that mention folders. Thanks for the help.

02. Oct 2011, 07:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
Anupam Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 9,484	Jim is right. No program can make decisions on your part, to consider if a folder/program is junk or not. Programs don't have that intelligence. So, you will have to make that decision yourself. I have replied to your similar query on the other thread. __________________ Anupam

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02. Oct 2011, 06:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
jim Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: near Ashford Kent England Posts: 304	The difficulty here is that any program to do this would not know which is junk and which is not. Only you can decide that because if, as you say, they were created by previous programs then they are not junk in the context of the program that installed them. There are plenty of programs which delete empty folders though.