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of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business is it safe to delete system error memory dump files Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Super User Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question can i delete delivery optimization files _ Super User is a question and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-performance/should-i-delete-per-user-queued-windows-error/086f6ff3-66ac-4a1c-8a15-034cdbbad556 a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Is it safe to remove Per user queued Windows Error Reporting? up vote 2 down vote favorite I was cleaning up my laptop hard-disk, running Windows 7, and as part of the process I ran the Disk Cleanup utility. To my surprise I saw 2 items in the http://superuser.com/questions/224393/is-it-safe-to-remove-per-user-queued-windows-error-reporting list that were quite large (both ~300MB). Per user queued Windows Error Reporting System queued Windows Error Reporting I guess I had never noticed these, because they were never that big. So, what are these items? Any particular reason why they became so large all of a sudden? And finally, is it safe to remove them? windows-7 windows disk-cleanup reporting share|improve this question edited Dec 24 '10 at 12:08 Matthieu Cartier 3,1741334 asked Dec 21 '10 at 9:11 Rewinder 245248 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 2 down vote accepted They're just part of the error reporting system that reports application errors and the technical information surrounding them to Microsoft (the main user interface for this is the dialogs which appear when programs crash saying that "X encountered a problem and needs to close"). 'Queued' just means that it contains error reports that haven't been sent yet for whatever reason, and as such have been stored locally on your hard disk, waiting to be sent. They are both safe to remove. share|improve this answer answered Dec 21 '10 at 12:16 Matthieu Cartier 3,
with Disk Cleanup in Windows 7. As Windows 7 is used it collects lots of files that are not needed like deleted files, web pages, setup logs, temporary files, and all http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-7/free-up-disk-space-in-windows-7-with-disk-cleanup/ kinds of other stuff. If your computer's hard drive is running out of space, or you want to keep your computer as uncluttered as possible, Disk Cleanup is a great tool in Windows 7 that http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=638339 will quickly an easily remove all the junk for you. Start Disk Cleanup To open Disk Cleanup, click the Start Orb. Click All Programs. Accessories. System Tools. Click Disk Cleanup. Select which drive you windows error want to clean up (usually C:, but if you have more than one drive you can clean those up as well) and then click OK. Now that Disk Cleanup is running, I'll show you how to use it. How to Use Disk Cleanup So Disk Cleanup is running. Now what? Let's see what all of these check boxes mean. At the top of the Disk Cleanup window it windows error reporting will tell you "You can use Disk Cleanup to free up to X MB of disk space on C:". If you were to check off everything in the Files to delete section you would free up X MBs of hard drive space. Before you check off everything and go on a deleting spree, it helps to know what you're deleting. Note: Not all categories shown below will appear on your computer. This is an exhaustive list of what might appear. Temporary Setup Files: Created by a program when it was being installed. These files are no longer needed and can be removed. Downloaded Program Files: ActiveX controls and Java applets downloaded automatically from website you've visited. Temporary Internet Files: Visited web pages that are stored on the hard drive (called caching). These files are re-used the next time you visit a cached web page making the Internet seem faster. Offline Webpages: Very similar to Temporary Internet Files but Offline Webpages are entire web pages that are deliberately saved on the hard drive for "offline" browsing. Debug Dump Files: Left by Windows after a crash to help fix the problem that caused the crash. Old Chkdsk Files: Saved lost file fragments by the chkdsk
Rhythmdvl Charter Member Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Shakedown Street Posts: 12,918 Safe to delete “per user queued windows error report”? Disk Clean-up is reporting that “per user queued windows error report” is taking up 5.7 GB of space on my primary boot/app drive. It’s a 120 GB SSD, so space is at a premium. I initially turned to Google but got a wide range of conflicting reports (it’s safe to delete/deleting it crashed my system). Further complicating things a lot of the results discussed Windows Vista (I’m on a Win 7 machine), and a lot of results had no date. When it comes to general technical questions—particularly when there seems to be a conflict—I trust the Dope. I’d clearly back up everything and set a restore point, but that’s not a panacea and I’d rather not have to fix if I can avoid breaking something. So, is it safe to check the box in Disk Clean-up and have it delete the report? Rhythmdvl View Public Profile Visit Rhythmdvl's homepage! Find all posts by Rhythmdvl Advertisements #2 01-13-2012, 01:53 PM Stathol Guest Join Date: Jul 2008 You're talking about the built-in disk cleanup utility that ships with Windows, right? I don't get that particular option, but that's probably because I've disabled error reporting entirely. That feature bugs the hell out of me and, as you point out, it chews up disk space for little to no benefit (IMHO). Assuming that's what we're talking about, then yes -- any option the cleanup utility gives you is going to be safe to use. At least inasmuch as it won't harm the OS or any installed applications. But obviously if you delete, say, the service pack backup files, you'll no longer be able to uninstall said service packs/patches. I can't imagine why an end user would ever want archived error reporting data after the fact, so I vote for nuking them. Edit: And for that matter, I see no value in holding on to service pack backup files for any length of time. Maybe for a week so after each "patch Tuesday" just in case one of them causes unforeseen problems But once you've been running a patch long enough to verify that it isn't going to give you trouble, there'