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I’m trying to clean up my hard drive using jv16 Power Tools. I searched for zero byte files and the 328 files with .lnk extensions were flagged.
Is it safe to delete such files?

Many thanks

Rob

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These are shortcuts and I usually delete them on a selective basis, and I usually purge the OFFICERECENT list of shortcuts (.lnk) entries where a great many accrue. The links on the quick launch bar, system tray, and desktop I leave alone.

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Thanks Preston. If I were to delete all the shortcuts flagged by jvc16, could I then re-establish only those that may need?

Rob

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I’m not familiar with jvc16 but if it isolates links or shortcuts to files that are no longer available (deleted) then deleting those old shortcuts should be just fine.

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Hi Rob:[indent]

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If I were to delete all the shortcuts flagged by jvc16, could I then re-establish only those that may need?

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[/indent]You could, but if you did, your ENTIRE start menu would be BLANK!! Is that really what you want? I think you’d be better off isolating them & then deleting what you don’t want.

You can:
1. Click an empty spot on the taskbar & press F3.
2. Make sure that the look in box is your primary hard drive & that “include subfolders” is ticked.
3. Type
*.lnk
in the “named” box & search.

Then you’ll see where each is kept. If you right click the start menu & choose Explore, you’ll be able to delete all those that you don’t want. Personally, I want to keep a shortcut to each program somewhere on the start menu. Otherwise, the program just gets “lost”.

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Thanks for your time and advice, Phil and Preston!

Rob

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