Removing Windows Games

Hello there

Can anybody tell me how or if its possible to remove the games Windows OS comes with??

I don't use them so I can easily free some Hard Disk space...

Thanks a lot for your help!!

Regards

 

Yes you can, just manually delete them or reformat.

 

If you are refering to Solitiare, etc. you won't be gaining much space.

 

You can go to Add/Remove and then to Windows Components. There you can uncheck the games category and remove them. They'll still be there, however, since you'll be able to put them back in at your discretion.

I'm not quite sure if this will save you any space. I'm assuming it does, but it's very trivial.

 

you won't save more then 1 or 2 MBs of HD space

 

That 1-2MB can hold several documents! >.>;

 

The amount of space you will free up is so little it isn't worth the trouble. If you need more space, make the virtual memory smaller. It should never be more than 2.5 times the amount of physical RAM. If you have 1024 MB of RAM, I would change it to 1.5 GB, but if you have any less physical RAM than that, keep it at 2 - 2.5 GB. To change the amount of virtual memory, right click on the my computer icon on the desktop, click the advanced tab, then click performance under settings. Click on the advanced tab under there, and click change under virtual memory. There, change the maximum size to the desired amount. You can also run the disk cleanup utility that comes with windows, or empty the recycle bin to free up disk space. And to find out about the size of files realitive to others on your hard disk in an easy to read block display, download and install WinDirStat. Or, you can just get a larger internal or an external hard disk. http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/

 

Just leave them there. If you need the extra 2mb of space for documents I think you may have bigger problems than the games. Maybe too many programs that are not needed or maybe just too small of a hd. What size drive do you have and how much space is left? Don't think you mentioned that.