I agree. On certain occasions, I use DELTREE to remove the windows directory in preparation for a REINSTALL. I would add that deltree'ing application folders should ONLY be done in conjuction with the windows folder; otherwise, there is too much junk left over. I wonder if Jun would share with us his reasons for saying NEVER use deltree? Jim Meagher ===== Micro Solutions Consulting Member of The HTML Writers Guild http://www.ezy.net/~microsol International Webmasters Association 410-543-8996 MS Site Builder Network - Level 2 member ===== -----Original Message----- From: Tom Turak <[log in to unmask]> With careful planning, deltree works fine Tom Turak Sent: Sunday, March 21, 1999 3:00 PM Why won't deltree work? If you kill all of the windows files (including registry, etc) and do a reinstall, what difference does it make if you format the drive or not. Admittedly you will still have to reinstall most of your apps to get them working properly. Not criticizing, just curious. Karl Gottshalk PCBUILD maintains many useful files for download on our web site - visit our download page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html