ProgramData Microsoft Crypto – can some of these files be safely deleted?

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ProgramData Microsoft Crypto – safe to delete files?
ProgramData Microsoft Crypto … RSA, Machine Keys, 2GB of files, can some of those files be safely deleted?

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See if this post helps:
http://superuser.com/questions/538257/why-are-there-so-many-files-in-c-programdata-microsoft-crypto-rsa-machinekeys

Jerry

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I have 31 of these files listed – all rounded up to display their size as 2KB each.

While it’s possible to compress these files to save space, you could end up with problems if you don’t know what each relates to and their Properties gives nothing away.

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/windows-will-not-boot-compressed-system-drive

If you want to see what additional bits you can delete to save space, run Disk Cleanup in Extended Mode and then do a defrag. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/76383-disk-cleanup-extended.html

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