Speed Up Your Computer With Fewer Language Files
In a time when storage is cheap, and our portable devices have hard drives that are as big or bigger than what our desktops could hold just a couple of years ago, cleaning up your computer is less and less of a concern. Install all of the programs you want, there’s plenty of space on that hard drive, right? But please, people, cluttered hard drives still need to be kept clean of excess files and defragmented on a regular basis.
As I did an install of a new program, it indicated that the translation files would be 30+ megabytes. Seriously? And I only really need the American English files. I certainly did not need…pig latin?
I did a search on my computer for “lang” and found folders with more than 8 megabytes in language files for languages I do not speak. Always be cautious when deleting elements of a program, but also be cognizant of what you’re installing in the first place. It could keep your computer running faster and smoother.
