Vista operating system hidden file cleanup method

The deletion method of redundant fonts and redundant backup files in the Vista system has already been known, so this article only introduces some of the ways to delete the "concealed". Note: Before doing the following, you should back up the Windows registry so that you can restore the system in time after performing the wrong operation.

Deleting redundant virtual drive icons

When we installed a virtual drive in the system, there will be a disc icon in "My Computer", even if you are no longer With a virtual drive, the virtual drive icon will continue to be retained, which is not necessary. Let's remove this redundant virtual drive icon: Click “Start →Run”, enter “regedit”, press “OK” key to open the registry editor, expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEEnumSCSI branch, in SCSI There are usually two sub-keys under the sub-keys, which correspond to the virtual optical drive and the physical optical drive respectively. All the sub-keys under SCSI are deleted. After restarting the computer, the virtual optical drive icon will be deleted.

Deleting redundant system-level icons

System-level icons are icons that are automatically created by the system when you install Windows, such as recycle bins, inboxes, network neighborhoods, etc., some of which are icon pairs. Users are useless, but these icons cannot be deleted directly. Open the Registry Editor, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\explorer\\Desktop\\NameSpace branch, and delete the unwanted subkeys. After closing the Registry Editor and restarting your computer, you will notice that the system level icons that are not needed on the desktop have disappeared.

Remove the extra options in "Run" "Run”

If you use the &Startquo;Start →Run” menu multiple times, you will find that it's "open" window is a big The commands that are no longer needed by the heap are messy. Open the Registry Editor, expand the HKEY_USERS\\.DEFAULT\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\RunMRU branch, and delete the relevant key values ​​of the right window.

Delete the extra options in

Expand HKEY_USER\\.Default\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Doc-FindSpecMRU branch, in the right window The relevant key values ​​can be deleted.

Deleting extra keyboard layouts

Windows is trying to be the darling of the world, so its keyboard layout is suitable for the habits of people of all countries. Open the Registry Editor, expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\KeyboardLayouts branch, and we can see that the keyboard has a variety of keyboard layouts such as Spanish (Traditional), Danish, German (Standard), etc. Without the keyboard layout of these languages, you can delete these subkeys directly.

Deleting extra locales

Similar to the keyboard layout above, there is also the Windows locale. Expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Nls\\Locale branch in the Registry Editor. Simplified Chinese users can only keep the “00000804” key value, others can be removed mercilessly.