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Duplicate files...by the dozen
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| I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but... I've been using jv16 Power Tools to clean up a machine and my
does it find some crud. One tool searches out duplicate files, it found that there are hundreds of duplicates, many of
them in C:\Program Files\Java... For instance:
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\lib\zi\Asia\Kuching
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_2\lib\zi\Asia\Kuching
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0\lib\zi\Asia\Kuching
And the list of cities goes on and on in all parts of the world. Do I need any of this stuff? Why should Kuching, or
Perth, or Singapore, or any other far flung city need 3 seemingly duplicte files on my machine? Am I right in thinking
that each file in NTFS takes up 32K no matter how small it is? With hundreds of these things we're talking Gigs! Can I
delete them them all, or at least all except one of each?
Thanks,
David
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| Andrew Thompson 2005-11-19, 6:59 pm |
| David wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask,
[1]
> ..but... I've been using jv16 Power Tools
This tool?
<http://www.macecraft.com/jv16powertools2005/>
[1] Sure isn't! Seems to have everything to do with Windows
and nothing to do with Java. For support for that tool, try
the manufacturer <http://www.macecraft.com/support/>.
HTH
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Andrew Thompson
physci, javasaver, 1point1c, lensescapes - athompson.info/andrew
Currently accepting short and long term contracts - on Earth.
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"David" <rhinds_no_spam_@cwnet.com> wrote in message
news:et8vn1d15f5ef48bos8rvmaoil78251b07@
4ax.com...
> I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but... I've been using
> jv16 Power Tools to clean up a machine and my
> does it find some crud. One tool searches out duplicate files, it found
> that there are hundreds of duplicates, many of
> them in C:\Program Files\Java... For instance:
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> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\lib\zi\Asia\Kuching
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_2\lib\zi\Asia\Kuching
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0\lib\zi\Asia\Kuching
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> And the list of cities goes on and on in all parts of the world. Do I need
> any of this stuff? Why should Kuching, or
> Perth, or Singapore, or any other far flung city need 3 seemingly duplicte
> files on my machine? Am I right in thinking
> that each file in NTFS takes up 32K no matter how small it is? With
> hundreds of these things we're talking Gigs! Can I
> delete them them all, or at least all except one of each?
>
For what it's worth, it appears that you have three copies of the JRE (Java
Runtime Environment) installed on this PC, one at level 1.5.0, one at level
1.5.0_2, and one at level 1.5.0_4. That's pretty redundant; normally, the
latest version should be all you need.
I expect that you'd be safe in deleting 1.5.0 and 1.5.0_2 completely. That
would get rid of two-thirds of your files right away and all of the
duplicates.
Rhino
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| On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:58:58 -0500, "Rhino" <no.offline.contact.please@nospam.com> wrote:
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>"David" <rhinds_no_spam_@cwnet.com> wrote in message
> news:et8vn1d15f5ef48bos8rvmaoil78251b07@
4ax.com...
>For what it's worth, it appears that you have three copies of the JRE (Java
>Runtime Environment) installed on this PC, one at level 1.5.0, one at level
>1.5.0_2, and one at level 1.5.0_4. That's pretty redundant; normally, the
>latest version should be all you need.
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>I expect that you'd be safe in deleting 1.5.0 and 1.5.0_2 completely. That
>would get rid of two-thirds of your files right away and all of the
>duplicates.
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>Rhino
Thanks, I'll get rid of them/
David
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| Roedy Green 2005-11-19, 9:58 pm |
| On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 14:26:56 -0800, David <rhinds_no_spam_@cwnet.com>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\lib\zi\Asia\Kuching
>C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_2\lib\zi\Asia\Kuching
>C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0\lib\zi\Asia\Kuching
There is no need to have more than the latest JVM installed. Go into
your control panel and remove the old ones in "remove software"
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Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
http://mindprod.com Java custom programming, consulting and coaching.
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| Roedy Green 2005-11-19, 9:58 pm |
| On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 02:15:31 GMT, Roedy Green
<my_email_is_posted_on_my_website@munged.invalid> wrote, quoted or
indirectly quoted someone who said :
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>There is no need to have more than the latest JVM installed. Go into
>your control panel and remove the old ones in "remove software"
the latest 1.5.0_05 you can get at http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jdk.html
--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
http://mindprod.com Java custom programming, consulting and coaching.
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>the latest 1.5.0_05 you can get at http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jdk.html
Thanks for that information. I've downloaded 1.5.0_5, that's a pretty big download, but do I really need all that stuff
just to look at Websites? I'm not developing anything, don't have a Web page, don't intend to either. Maybe I'm a
paranoid control freak, but the less un-needed stuff there is on my hard drive the happier I am.
David
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| David, while chewing on bamboo shoots, wrote:
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> Thanks for that information. I've downloaded 1.5.0_5, that's a pretty big download, but do I really need all that stuff
> just to look at Websites? I'm not developing anything, don't have a Web page, don't intend to either. Maybe I'm a
> paranoid control freak, but the less un-needed stuff there is on my hard drive the happier I am.
You actually didn't need that. Roedy's just link-happy with his posting.
You just want the JRE. Get it from sun's website.
http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
You also don't want to be posting to this newsgroup, as it's help with the
java language, not help using java applets.
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Of making better designs there is no end,
and much refactoring wearies the body.
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| David, while chewing on bamboo shoots, wrote:
> that each file in NTFS takes up 32K no matter how small it is? With hundreds of these things we're talking Gigs! Can I
The minimum file size is 4Kb. (At least, on my system)
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Of making better designs there is no end,
and much refactoring wearies the body.
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| Roedy Green 2005-11-21, 3:59 am |
| On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:51:55 -0800, David <rhinds_no_spam_@cwnet.com>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :
>Thanks for that information. I've downloaded 1.5.0_5, that's a pretty big download, but do I really need all that stuff
>just to look at Websites? I'm not developing anything, don't have a Web page, don't intend to either. Maybe I'm a
>paranoid control freak, but the less un-needed stuff there is on my hard drive the happier I am.
You don't need the JDK to look at websites, just the JRE. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jre.html
The JDK is for people who want to write programs, which is what nearly
everyone here is doing.
--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
http://mindprod.com Java custom programming, consulting and coaching.
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| Andrew Thompson 2005-11-21, 3:59 am |
| Benji wrote:
> You also don't want to be posting to this newsgroup,
<http://www.physci.org/codes/javafaq.jsp#cljh>
"Set-up problems, catch-all first aid. "
Seems to cover ..about anything Java related.
>.. as it's help with the
> java language, not help using java applets.
The description of this group at my site goes on to add..
"The help group is the best one for programmers just starting
in Java." Note that I added the second part, with the
knowledge that most of the posters to c.l.j.help were
learning Java.
--
Andrew Thompson
physci, javasaver, 1point1c, lensescapes - athompson.info/andrew
Currently accepting short and long term contracts - on Earth.
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| Alan Krueger 2005-11-21, 7:02 pm |
| Benji wrote:
> David, while chewing on bamboo shoots, wrote:
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> The minimum file size is 4Kb. (At least, on my system)
I think he was confusing NTFS and FAT16.
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