miscellaneous software questions

[888qqq]

I use XP. I have a few software questions. My understanding of computers is basic. When I try to delete some programs such as Microsoft Office sometimes I get a message saying: "Renaming, deleting or moving....could make some programs not work. Are you sure you want to do this?" How serious is this warning? Should I just go ahead and delete the program anyway. For example, I copied Office onto my slave drive because it has more space, and I got that warning. Should I just go ahead and delete Office from my master drive? When a program downloads a bunch of extras stuff comes with it like uninstall, setup, .dll, DTB, etc. Can I safely delete any of these? I'm pretty sure I don't need the setup program on my desktop anymore after I've installed the program. Before running some programs a message will come up saying that files or programs or whatever should be backed up. Is this usually true, and how do I back up stuff? Why does my Bitcomet program listed in Control Panel contain 5 gigs? Does what I download with Bitcomet accumulate somewhere? I thought the files I download just go directly the to the HD I choose. Any replies would be appreciated.

 

[bruceb]

You can safely delete the Desktop Icon of any program.
But you can not just delete a program from the hard drive
that used an Installer to install it initially. And in most cases,
either Setup or the Uninstaller program is needed if you want
to make changes to the program or remove it altogether. They
do no take up much space.

You can delete files in
C:\Windows\Temp &
C:\Windows\Prefetch
C:\Docs & Settings\User Name\Local Settings\Temp

Do not delete any files in Docs & Settings\Application Data

Bitcomet I do not use, but somewhere in it's options you should
be able to specify a download directory where it is to put the files.
Or you should see what is has as it's default location in the options.