Those are really useless. thank you.
would like to delete those, but it's file protected, do any guys know any software can ignore the protection and delete it? thanks
Just use a better filemanager. Try TotalCommander (choose the cab for arm/xscale/pxa to install directly from pda).
thanks for your reply. I tried the TotalCommander, still not able to delete those. Very sad.
try deleting it using htc album, worked for me...
These Album samples reside in the directory Internal Storage\My Documents\My Pictures. Just use any File Explorer to go there and delete them and they are gone..
ya, i deleted those in "my pictures", but discover there are copies in windows directory and not able to be deleted.
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These Album Sample xx files are totally useless and each of them takes about 900 Ko of memory space.
How is it possible there is no way to remove all the album samples as well as the unused ringtones.
Why such a waste of memory space ?
Even with Total Commander it does not work....
It's only possible by recooking a ROM.
I've recooked the 2.03 ROM, and I removed the album files and ringtones. I'm going to upload and release it later.
They are in ROM. Even if you delete them, what good will that do? It's not like you'll be freeing memory that can be used by the system.
pedmond said:
They are in ROM. Even if you delete them, what good will that do? It's not like you'll be freeing memory that can be used by the system.
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That is why a recooked ROM is necessary.
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That is why a recooked ROM is necessary.
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I think that what he meant is that they only take up storage space, not RAM.
To me 900 kb of storage space is no big deal since the Diamond has plenty of storage and I haven't noticed any speed difference between the small device storage (ROM) and internal storage (4gb).
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There is alot of useless stuff in Windows dir and some of them can't be deleted
* Why the hell should help files and pictures for all programs is stored automaticly in windows dir?
* And there is a dir called AppMgr with 3 MB stuff useless inside
* Big today themes, Big pictures and even some 3gp/mp4 videos in there
I moved the help files to my Storage Card, replaced the BIG (2MB) themes with some smaller one, But there are some stuff which can't be overwritten I need help with (ex. I want to move powerpoint and some other programs to my Storage Card)
Is there a manual for which file is harmless to remove from windows dir? and how to do it?
Need advice
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shaytaan said:
There is alot of useless stuff in Windows dir and some of them can't be deleted
* Why the hell should help files and pictures for all programs is stored automaticly in windows dir?
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This is one thing that also ticks me off. I absolutely hate programs that install anything anywhere but the installation directory of the program. Some programs just install the help file right in the same dirctory, and it works fine there. It makes it so much easier to delete all the stray junk left behind, and programs that do not install crap everywhere can easily be moved by just moving the directory. This is the essence of clean software. This is how it works on a Mac, and I will be damned if anyone can prove to me that it is so much better to litter my entire computer with crap everywhere.
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shaytaan said:
There is alot of useless stuff in Windows dir and some of them can't be deleted
* Why the hell should help files and pictures for all programs is stored automaticly in windows dir?
* And there is a dir called AppMgr with 3 MB stuff useless inside
* Big today themes, Big pictures and even some 3gp/mp4 videos in there
I moved the help files to my Storage Card, replaced the BIG (2MB) themes with some smaller one, But there are some stuff which can't be overwritten I need help with (ex. I want to move powerpoint and some other programs to my Storage Card)
Is there a manual for which file is harmless to remove from windows dir? and how to do it?
Need advice
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Well apprently I am not helping you.. just asking :how did you succeed replacing the 2m Themes ? It won't let me do it.
Tks
I gave another theme the same name as the one in windows dir and overwritten that using Resco Explorer
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* And there is a dir called AppMgr with 3 MB stuff useless inside
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Not sure, but isn't the AppMgr folder used for the Remove Programs function?
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shaytaan said:
* And there is a dir called AppMgr with 3 MB stuff useless inside
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Not sure, but isn't the AppMgr folder used for the Remove Programs function?
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It is, and you may safely remove/relocate it to somewhere else. You'll only need it again when you uninstall a given app. Please see for example http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?p=775972 for more info.
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astage said:
shaytaan said:
* And there is a dir called AppMgr with 3 MB stuff useless inside
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Not sure, but isn't the AppMgr folder used for the Remove Programs function?
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It is.....
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Thanks for that info. However, keeping the AppMgr folder may not be useful for uninstalling if you are in the habit of restoring your device from a backup - as I do. Installations appear to use unique IDs that are not recreated when the backup is restored, so subsequent uninstalls (and upgrades with enforced uninstall) fail.
Are you sure you've overwritten the big themes. My guess they were in your rom & all you did was putting a small theme in ram. Costs you only memory then...
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Are you sure you've overwritten the big themes. My guess they were in your rom & all you did was putting a small theme in ram. Costs you only memory then...
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I've the same opinion. This is probably what you did. You can't overwrite files in ROM. In case you can, it will not help you with clen RAM :-(
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dma1965 said:
shaytaan said:
There is alot of useless stuff in Windows dir and some of them can't be deleted
* Why the hell should help files and pictures for all programs is stored automaticly in windows dir?
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This is the essence of clean software. This is how it works on a Mac, and I will be damned if anyone can prove to me that it is so much better to litter my entire computer with crap everywhere.
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On a Mac you do get some associated files ( app prefs or plists, or other support files and some plug-ins) installed in other places asides from the application dierctory or folder, however these are usually minimal and still easily found & deleted if required.
This is one of the difficulties any Mac user finds with Windows and probably why more switch from Wintels to Apples than vice versa....
ahem.. anyway back to WM5...
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oltp said:
Are you sure you've overwritten the big themes. My guess they were in your rom & all you did was putting a small theme in ram. Costs you only memory then...
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I've the same opinion. This is probably what you did. You can't overwrite files in ROM. In case you can, it will not help you with clen RAM :-(
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No. You CAN overwrite files with Resco. Me too. I did it many times.
And you are not right. It will help you not exactly to clean the RAM, but speedup your PDA, because WM5 uses not just RAM for calculating, but storage memory too for extracted files which need it, or when you install an application from your PC, the installer .exe file first copy its .cab file to your storage memory. You can check it when you install something. Look at the size of your Storage when it asks to choose where to install, and look after program installed.
someone should write an application that automates this. notify the maker of tweaks2k2 or vijay555
Can you tell me what happens when you delete a file which was supposed to be written in rom, keep a copy of it somewhere else. I know WM5 differs from 2K3, but I can hardly believe that you can cause severe damage to your CE rom. & on my magician I can 'overwrite' CE-rom files with ram files, but when I delete them the original CE-rom file shows again.
So by overwriting a large theme in rom with a small theme, as has been claimed, I guess you always loose space unless you can also delete the original theme from the rom. & if that's possible why overwrite it, instead of deleting it straight away?
Get my point? I'm not an unbeliever, just not convinced that you don't loose some kind of precious storage.
Regards, M
Thought about .tmp files:
I have a TyTn and my storage memory is down to about 23mb. I was exploring my device with Resco Explorer and explored \Windows\AppMgr. There were a lot of folders in the directory, mostly application folders that I installed in my device. There is also a folder named \Install (\Windows\AppMgr\Install). The \Install folder contains .cab files that are 8mb large. the app folders in \AppMgr contains .dll and .tmp files. I deleted ALL the .tmp files and the .cab files and my available storage memory is now 34mb. There were no negative effects with such deletions even after a few resets and application launching.
I believe that the .tmp files were created during installs and the .cab files were copied when installing files to device memory.
Hope this will help those with low storage memory. Just be sure to make a backup before deleting the files I mentioned. Thanks.
Hi all,
once i had proof how much MB the windows folder swallows, i wants to delete some unused files from it.
i.e. some sample movies i don't need....
BUT i cant if they are in ROM (TotalCommander>File Properties>"inRom" is set)
Is there a chance to dump them?
why?
the files in windows dir are in the part of the ROM! not ram
that you cant access apart from when you flash a rom on the device
if you could delete it it would not give you any more ram
or any more storage what so ever
it's kinda like trying to remove parts of ones pc's bios really
it dont serve any purpos
ah ok, thanks
i had fantasies about getting more storage memory
ok...
Hallo,
i want change one file. It is in windows, and it's a Rom file.
I have the Gigabyte g-smart, and i think this is the file witch have the Letters from the Hardware Keyboard.
Maybe there is any way to add in this file .dll also Greek Letters.
I also have tryed many things to copy this file, but i can`t.
Can anyboby Help Please???
Hi,
As per title,Could anyopne upload the all folders of internal storage that comes with factory installation.I not only need contect folder but all the folders along with such ad My documents etc.PLease zip all the folders of internal storage here.
Thank you so much.
Thanks
Yeah that sounds like a good idea, i would upload it but i no longer have it, but if it gets posted i think ill archive it for warranty reasons!
There are many useless files in the Windows directory that cannot be deleted, however, you can replace them with some 0 KB files. Here are 46 useless files that will free up more than 10 MB of space. There are more useless files, although the file sizes aren't as large as these, but feel free to add/post them. Always backup the original ones in your computer just in case you want to restore them.
To replace these files, copy them to the phone's internal storage with ActiveSnyc, then use Total Commander to copy them to the Windows directory.
You sure?
Just one question... if they're 'useless' files, why are they there? Surely some application somewhere will need them - or am I missing something obvious here
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Just one question... if they're 'useless' files, why are they there? Surely some application somewhere will need them - or am I missing something obvious here
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The 46 files that I consider them useless are sample images, ringtones, and a few .cab files. The Album Sample_01.jpg to Album Sample_11.jpg images alone are worth a few MB. For the ringtone, I only use one, so all the others are useless. Finally, there are some .cab files that were used only during the initial setup of the phone, and once they're used, these .cab files won't be used again.
OK...
Cheers... I'm with you. Didn't realise there was all that crap on there. Mind you, I'm using AZTOR's ROM, so he's probably removed all the 'junk' already!
If these files can't be deleted then they're in the ROM.
Replacing them with 0KB versions does not save any disk space and is completely pointless - unless you are deliberately trying to remove functionality.
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If these files can't be deleted then they're in the ROM.
Replacing them with 0KB versions does not save any disk space and is completely pointless - unless you are deliberately trying to remove functionality.
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Are you sure? When I replaced those files, the free space showing under Memory -> Storage has increased.
To help this man.
What this .cab does it's overwrite existing "installations files", does that appir on first boot. (When you install opera).
This cab, overwrite the installations file, so it not fill up your diamond with old used installations files.
.. And thanks for sharing the cab with us. :=)
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Cheers... I'm with you. Didn't realise there was all that crap on there. Mind you, I'm using AZTOR's ROM, so he's probably removed all the 'junk' already!
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not likely alzphazero's philosophy is to keep everything as close as possible... meaning no image optimization / removal / changes...
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Are you sure? When I replaced those files, the free space showing under Memory -> Storage has increased.
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No I'm not sure... I just assumed they were in the ROM given that you said they couldn't be deleted. If they're not in the ROM then this is a valid workaround, though there must be some other way of deleting them.
i was going to make a thingy like this but now i see it already exists im going to use yours
Replacing files in ROM with 0KB will not save any space. I just tried it. The space you saved is from the files which are NOT in the ROM.
Im not sure If Im just not that smart... but one day I needed to charge my dash, It synced up at work when I plugged in the mini usb, and the next thing I know, I lost my ringtone I picked out, and I dont see a folder anywhere named ringtone or anything like it. I have a custom kavana rom posted here, and its been great. Can I just make another folder for my ringtones somewhere? Where is supposed to be?? What would it be named?? Please help! Thanks!
I always put my ringtones in the folder named "My Documents" on the phone memory.
I always put all my rings/phone sounds that I am currently using in the \Application Data\Sounds directory. Also, every ROM I ever used has this directory and when you want to set a sound/ring they are always in the drop down list in Settings->Sounds. Then delete the stuff im not using any more or move it to the storage card, to free up device storage.
What I do is put them on a folder on my storage card, use the audio manager to copy whichever I want to my ringtones folder on the device, so if something happens, like how vbittnv lost his folder, I'll still will have them on my storage card, and you don't want to fill the device's storage with unecessary stuff.
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and you don't want to fill the device's storage with unecessary stuff.
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I consider my ringtone necessary
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I consider my ringtones necessary
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Yes but to keep down storage on device memory being used up, you can just keep your sms tones on root of storage and with the ringtones i use music to which is stored on storage card and just like roloracer use AudioManager "only thing used for"to copy them to \My Documents\My Ringtones then delete the old one in the folder.
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Yes but to keep down storage on device memory being used up, you can just keep your sms tones on root of storage and with the ringtones i use music to which is stored on storage card and just like roloracer use AudioManager "only thing used for"to copy them to \My Documents\My Ringtones then delete the old one in the folder.
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Couldn't have said it better myself, I only keep a small amount of ringtones on my phone's memory, the rest on my card.
stylez said:
Yes but to keep down storage on device memory being used up, you can just keep your sms tones on root of storage and with the ringtones i use music to which is stored on storage card and just like roloracer use AudioManager "only thing used for"to copy them to \My Documents\My Ringtones then delete the old one in the folder.
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Yea, I only have one ringtone on my phones storage at a time. The rest of my junk is on my SDHC.
I just looked at my original post and I can see why you guys are saying what you are. I meant something different. I meant all my current sounds that are being used are on device storage. And like I said, the rest of the junk I have is on my SDHC.
If you create a folder on your storage card called My Ringtones there is no need to store them in device memory. It must be Root so it would be /Storage Card/My Ringtones
Works with every ROM I have ever used
mini sd card best place to keep all music ringtones videos, well true if you want to add a ringtone to a contect or song as one, it has to be on the main memory so thay say not true, just dont make a ringtone file and just let them run free on sd card this well alow them to be added to any of your contacts or sound apps for your phone, works for me, ringtones on a file on your sd card well run on main ringtone sounds and for myfaves contacts only out of file on sd card well work with all,