Safe file removal for Windows 95
Safe file removal for Windows 95
 What are gid files and mscreate.dir files? Are they safe to remove?  Gid files are help index files. They include word lists for the matching help file. They are safe to remove, but when you access the help file next time, WINHLP32 will rebuild the gid file. Some Win32 programs require the gid file be present. To re-build a deleted gid file, just open the help file from Explorer. Mscreate.dir files are directory index files that MS Office FastFind makes when you first access a directory. You can remove these, but FastFind will re-create them when you access the folder again. To keep them from coming back, remove the FastFind shortcuts in your Startup group. | Category: Digital Helpline Issue: Feb 1997 Pages: 180 |
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