Is It Safe to Delete Everything in Windows' Disk Cleanup?

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Twin-Spindle System) is an ultra-thin notebook computer design with two internal storage drives, a hard drive and an optical (DVD/CD-RW/CD-ROM) drive. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Those Entry-Level Startup Jobs? They're Now Mostly Dead Ends in the Boondocks As unicorn startups send customer service gigs to the hinterland, is Silicon Valley exporting its prosperity, or just dead-end jobs? [Backchannel] ​What If We Haven't Found Aliens Because Humans Came First? The universe is becoming more hospitable to life as time goes on. It's possible we're the first in line. [Motherboard] The hottest new board games from Gen Con 2016 Check out the best of Gen Con, including a new release of wildly popular game Pandemic. [ArsTechnica] The Fantasy Map Generator This map generator will help you create a fantasy map like the kind you would find at the back of old novels [Mewo2] How to Ignore Case When Using Tab Completion in the Linux Terminal The command line in Linux is case sensitive. When you use tab completion to quickly change or list directories on the command line, you must match the case of the directory names. However, there is a way to make tab completion case insensitive. Read This Article → How to Hide or Show App Badges on the Windows 10 Taskbar The Anniversary Update for Windows 10 adds badge icons for universal apps pinned to the Taskbar. While you can’t turn icon badges on and off for individual apps, you can disable all badges if you want. Read This Article → Is It Safe to Delete Everything in Windows’ Disk Cleanup? The Disk Cleanup tool included with Windows can quickly erase various system files and free up disk space. But some things–like “Windows ESD Installation Files” on Windows 10–probably shouldn’t be removed. Read This Article → How to Recover a Lost or Corrupt Document in Microsoft Word 2016 Have you ever had a troublesome .doc or .docx file Word that you can't seem to open? Or even lost a document completely, with all your hard work gone with it? Read This Article → How to Add Bluetooth to Your Car A lot of newer cars come with Bluetooth built-in–or at least as an option from the manufacturer. However, if you have an older car and really want Bluetooth access for your phone, here are several ways you can add it to your vehicle. Read This Article → Your Mac’s Dictionary Is More Than Definitions: Here’s What You Can Search During the course of using your Mac, you’ve no doubt probably used the Dictionary application from time to time to look up a word, but did you know that the Apple Dictionary extends far beyond the Oxford English experience? Read This Article → How to View and Add Calendar Events from the Windows 10 Taskbar Even if you don’t use the Windows Mail & Calendar app, the Windows calendar is actually pretty nice. And with the Anniversary Update to Windows 10, you can now see your agenda and add calendar events right from the Windows taskbar. Read This Article → How to Perform Simple Calculations in Microsoft Word When you need to do a quick calculation, normally you would think to use the Windows calculator. However, if you’re working in Microsoft Word, you can calculate simple equations typed into your document using Word's not-so-obvious Calculate command. Read This Article → How to Customize Android’s “Power Off” Menu with More Options When you press and hold the power button on your Android device, the power menu appears. Unfortunately, on a lot of devices, it only has one option: Power Off. Read This Article → How to Use (or Disable) the Windows Ink Workspace on Windows 10 Windows 10’s Anniversary Update improves on Windows 10’s stylus support with a new “Windows Ink Workspace” feature. It’s designed to make using a digital pen faster and easier with a Windows 10 tablet or convertible device. Read This Article → How to Easily Reinstall Windows 10 Without the Bloatware The “Reset Your PC” feature in Windows 10 restores your PC to its factory default settings…including all that bloatware your PC manufacturer included. But a new feature in Windows 10’s Anniversary update makes it easier to get a clean Windows system. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Ransomware Hostage Rescue Manual Being in IT I'm sure you know someone who's been hit with ransomware or you have been though it yourself. Wouldn't it be great to have a manual of what to do when you get hit and how to prevent it in the future? Now you do! Click here to download