Can you delete downloaded driver folder once succesfully installed

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Error Code Unable to close window. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Search Join Now Login. Sort By. Notification Preferences. Forum Actions. The last time I deleted this file I had to reinstall the printer, thus creating all these duplicate files. I am not sure what is safe to remove. Hi Leo , i always used to receive your newsletter and i think it was lost when a friend built the pc i am on now. It said email address blocked.

Refer to? When you have time to look at this i would like to subscribe again. Thank You , Don Barajas….. All I can suggest is subscribing using a different email address. Hi Leo, I was pleased to read your suggestion to save set-up files etc. Leo, was my choice to MOVE them to a flash drive a mistake?

Cheers and Happy New Year. USB flash drive have a limited amount of writes before they start to fail. My personal opinion of USB flash drives is that they are great for copying data from one computer to one computer or device to another. Literally — Move is often implemented as a copy followed by a delete. Thank you for sharing this. I have always been curious about deleting downloads and you explained it very well in this article.

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All comments containing links and certain keywords will be moderated before publication. I want comments to be valuable for everyone, including those who come later and take the time to read. Search Ask Leo! Can you safely delete set-up files of programs or updates you have downloaded from the internet? Since these were set-up or update files, I assume they were zipped, and that upon installation, the electronic carapace for lack of a better word became discardable?

Is this correct, or is the downloaded file necessary to the proper functioning of the file or update that has been downloaded like a Jack-in-the-Box that would stop being a Jack-in-the-Box if you removed the box? Which types of downloaded set-up files or updates are safe to delete, and which must remain if any must remain? Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! Then again, there are many sites such as DriverGuide. So what do I do?

I have an entire partition called 'setups' in which I keep the original downloaded. I rename it to be sure exactly what it is though, most driver zips are totally cryptic. Similar threads R. There is about directories on my desktop. Racjul Mar 17, Windows. Replies 2 Views Mar 20, Kshipper. Audio won't work after resetting BIOS to default. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. How satisfied are you with this reply?

Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. You can determine what these are by either googling them or clicking to run the. It's up to each user whether you want to keep program or driver installers, since unless they are rare which you should know because you had to search it down they are posted on the program's or driver device's Support Downloads page, or will be delivered by Windows Update after reinstall.