Vista has 12 gigs of .dll files on my laptop, why?

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Hi All

my laptop (used for general internet browsing, spreadsheets and web based email) for some reason has 12 gigs of DLL files (used "windirstat" to list file size and type), 19,000+ files - that cant be right, the hard drive is only 60 gigs.that's 20% of the whole hard drive space.

3 year old laptop
Vista 32
60 gig hd
2gig ram
Zone alarm
AVG
firefox
ccleaner

i clear temp files regularly, and don't download crap, if i am not using a program i uninstall properly, i generally look after this comp quite well

is there anyway these can be cleaned up safely as i know deleting dll files can screw your system,
any advice would be appreciated

thanks

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

do not ever touch .dll files unless you know what you are doing.. windows has thousands of files and they are all necessary

unless you want to lose your operating system, dont touch what you dont understand.

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no, 12GB is not excessive considering windows as a whole takes up around 16GB ( 20GB for 64bit ) and windows is mostly .dll files

Ed Fox · Answer

Do you use the Registry component of CCleaner?  That will tell you if there are unnecessary files in your registry which is where dll files are stored

Anonymous · Answer

run windows disk cleanup, unused dll files are left behinds from uninstalled programs

Anonymous · Answer

dll files are part of the operating system.

Anonymous · Answer

definite it is going to so returned up your pc previously you put in vista as your no longer common stress shall be formatted interior the set up attitude ...once you put in vista then use your backup discs or something media you choose to reinstall your saved archives

203 · Answer

Why?

Because they are what enable the operating system and numerous other applications work.

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