To add to my confusion, I have just looked at my backup logs more
carefully and find that in addition to the large number of ie7.xxxx
files I originally noted in my c
windows\ie7\xxxx sub-directory
(folder), I also see a substantial number of ie5.xxxx files in various
sub-directories (folders) of c
documents and settings\xxxx. Since the
PC in question has never had an OS other than XP-Pro installed on it, my
guess is that these ie5.xxxx files have to refer to something other than
Internet Explorer 5, the default in Windows 2000-Pro. Can anyone explain?
Perhaps I should add that this kind of snooping around one's file
listings is a byproduct of being housebound because of today's massive
mid-Atlantic blizzard. My yard has 12" of new snow on top of 28" of
last week's snow and drifts of 60" - 72". Nobody is going anywhere for
a couple of days.
Kyler_IE8_Team wrote:
> Jim is correct, they are not required to run IE8, and if you delete them, it
> will not affect IE8 performance. How much space are these files taking up?
>
> Kyler
> IE8 Outreach Team
>
> "HenriK" wrote:
>
>> On a Dell Precision 650 running 32 bit XP-Pro, I recently upgraded from
>> IE7 to IE8. After a recent backup session, I see that my C partition
>> still contains a large number of files labeled IE7.xxxx.
>>
>> Can these IE7 labeled files be manually erased or are they integral to
>> IE8's proper operation?
>>
>> Many thanks for any insight to what I have seen.
>> .
>>