Duplicates in C:/windows & system32

[robin]

I have hundreds of duplicate files in these two folders C:/windows and
System32 where there is the original fille the the same file with a number in
parethises IE:
explorer.exe, explorer.exe (1) explorer.exe (2)....... I am not taling about
files like ....cpl1 or ....cpl2 without the ( ) around the duplicates. My
question is can I delete these items just keeping the main file like
explorer.exe. I am running Windows Xp Home edition with SP2 and Internet
Explorer 8. The DLL folder itself has none of these as the I386 folder.

Thanks for any help

[Pegasus [MVP]]

Post by robin
I have hundreds of duplicate files in these two folders C:/windows and
System32 where there is the original fille the the same file with a number in
explorer.exe, explorer.exe (1) explorer.exe (2)....... I am not taling about
files like ....cpl1 or ....cpl2 without the ( ) around the duplicates. My
question is can I delete these items just keeping the main file like
explorer.exe. I am running Windows Xp Home edition with SP2 and Internet
Explorer 8. The DLL folder itself has none of these as the I386 folder.
Thanks for any help
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Robin J Halpin

See the replies you received to your identical post in the WinXP newsgroup
and have a look here about the merits of cross-posting vs. multi-posting
(which tends to get you unpopular with respondents because it causes
duplication of effort): http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm.

[robin]

--
Robin J Halpin

Post by Pegasus [MVP]

Post by robin
I have hundreds of duplicate files in these two folders C:/windows and
System32 where there is the original fille the the same file with a number in
explorer.exe, explorer.exe (1) explorer.exe (2)....... I am not taling about
files like ....cpl1 or ....cpl2 without the ( ) around the duplicates. My
question is can I delete these items just keeping the main file like
explorer.exe. I am running Windows Xp Home edition with SP2 and Internet
Explorer 8. The DLL folder itself has none of these as the I386 folder.
Thanks for any help
--
Robin J Halpin

See the replies you received to your identical post in the WinXP newsgroup
and have a look here about the merits of cross-posting vs. multi-posting
(which tends to get you unpopular with respondents because it causes
duplication of effort): http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm.
Thanks for you help and I will remember to post correctly the next time. I have 2 spyware/antivirus programs... Spyware doctor with antivirus and SpyNoMore which is very good as it warns me of any registry changes and asks for my approval. I did full scans with both and had no infections. I also strictly have a malware program and it was fine. I believe these are mostly the result of past redownloading programs that I had trouble with in the past or something simular to that. I created a restore point, deleted all the duplicates and opened all my programs and they all opened fine so everything seems good. thanks for your help

Robin