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I would like to free up some disk space. Please see 2 attached jpg's I was able to identify these first two as "ok to delete" and EOL, respectively: 0 in C:\HPSDM 39.9 MB in C:\SoftPaqDownloadDirectory My current focus is on these two: 50.4 MB in C:\hpswsetup 9.56 GB in C:\SWSETUP Within the 50.4 MB, it looks like the updates are for: HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI . . . I can find the current version in the BIOS? System Default Settings . . . I'm not sure where to find the current version, it's not in Program Files, or Installed Updates . . . If the current, installed version were higher than these files, would it then be safe to then delete these folders? I'm not sure, maybe they build on each other. The 9.56 GB would take a few hours to look at, so I stopped here. I received these two forms of advice: 1.) HP Forum - They're like portable files. Ok to delete them. 2.) Bing Chat - They build on each other. Not recommended to delete anything. Then I thought, who's an expert at this? So, I'm asking here. What's needed is a program like Windows Disk Cleanup, that can analyze these files, know how they work, and show what can be safely deleted.

Newbie, you gave me an idea: [i didn't think of this] Before you try the following, if you right-click to see a remnant in RegEdit, is there an arrow to the left of that folder, so that if you expand it, you see the remnants beneath that folder? If not: On my screen, only "(Default), REG_SZ" appears within these two: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg . . . but, right-click / export these two to Desktop . . . . . . then, delete these two HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupfolder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg Restart the computer Look in CCleaner / Tools / Startup . . . the remnants are gone . . . Close CCleaner On your Desktop, click to restore "startupfolder.reg" and "startupreg.reg" Look in CCleaner / Tools / Startup . . . the remnants are back Right-click on one of the remnants to see it in RegEdit . . . It takes you to a folder with nothing in it Click on the arrow to the left of that folder, to expand it, and see things below . . . the remnants are there I see that you can't delete the remnants through CCleaner ("The system cannot find the file specified"), but if you right-click delete them in the Registry, close and re-open CCleaner, you can delete them.

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I don't know if this is a bug, but I enable all Startups in Win 10, and the first 6 here are disabled after boot up, and they cannot be deleted, even if they're no longer there: THE FILE FOLDER FOR THESE IS NO LONGER EVEN THERE - Is there a way to delete them? No . . . HKCU:Run . . . 7 Taskbar Tweaker "C:\Program Files\7+ Taskbar Tweaker\7+ Taskbar Tweaker.exe" -hidewnd No . . . HKCU:Run . . . Chromium "c:\users\porthos1075\appdata\local\chromium\application\chrome.exe" --auto-launch-at-startup --profile-directory="Default" --restore-last-session - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BUT, THESE ARE STILL ALL THERE, FOLDER AND FILE - Is there a way to get them to "Enable?' No . . . HKLM:Run . . . APSDaemon . . . Apple Inc. "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\APSDaemon.exe" No . . . HKLM:Run . . . LWS . . . Logitech Inc. C:\Program Files\Logitech\LWS\Webcam Software\LWS.exe -hide No . . . Startup User . . . PowerMenu.lnk . . . Thong Nguyen C:\PROGRA~1\POWERM~1\POWERM~1.EXE C:\Program Files\PowerMenu\PowerMenu.exe . . . It's now listed this way, as a second entry, and Enables No . . . HKLM:Run . . . P17RunE . . . Creative Labs, for my sound card? I think I need this RunDll32 P17RunE.dll,RunDLLEntry