Advice for pruning System32 folder

[cimmind]

I have my WinXP installed on a 2.5GB partition. With time, the System32 folder has grown to 1.3 GB (it started as abt 700-800 MB, if i rmbr correctly), leving very little free space. The biggest component is the DLL cache (~900MB). I check all this with Glary Utilities Disk Analysis util.

Is there any program to tell the source/origin of each file in the System folder? I am sure many of the Dll's belong to software that i may have used & uninstalled way back, leaving the dll's behind.

If it is possible to recognize the source of a file and delete the unwanted ones (erring on the side of caution, while deleting!), it would save me the task of having to repartition and reinstall the OS.

Thanks in advance for comments/suggestions.

[Ant]

Download "Dll Informant" (free) here:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...nformant.shtml

List of features and please note the warning.

Here are some key features of "DLL Informant":

· Shows ALL DLLs on your system, and ALL applications that use them.
· Handy if you have several equal DLLs and are not sure which one to keep, and which one to purge.
· Intuitive interface
· Find out which DLL is NOT USED by anybody, which DLL is a registered OLE server etc..
· Find out which modules are 16 Bit and which are 32.
· Export complete information database


Removing DLL's can cause programs or your operating system to not run. Please read the setup readme for excellent tips on DLL's never to remove and backing up DLL's to a temporary directory when your not sure. This program should be used by advanced users.