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NO DO NOT DELETE. That is your swap file for windows. When windows doesn't have enough memory to store the programs it is trying to run, it uses disk space as memory. That file is the disk space windows is using.
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NO DO NOT DELETE. That is your swap file for windows. When windows doesn't have enough memory to store the programs it is trying to run, it uses disk space as memory. That file is the disk space windows is using.

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Robinet, you can delete this file, but not while your in windows as joed notes.<br />
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This is your swap file as joed notes, however you can get some system performance by deleting this from a dos prompt and then run a defrag of the system. You will see some improved performance.<br />
Dennis
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Robinet, you can delete this file, but not while your in windows as joed notes.

This is your swap file as joed notes, however you can get some system performance by deleting this from a dos prompt and then run a defrag of the system. You will see some improved performance.
Dennis

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Glad to help, let us know if we can help again in the future<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Mrbreeze
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Glad to help, let us know if we can help again in the future
                         Mrbreeze

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I have a very large file in my root directory I am wondering If can delete.<br />
WIN386.swp
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I have a very large file in my root directory I am wondering If can delete.
WIN386.swp

What is this file in my root directory?

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