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MSOCache
folder
You found a
folder called MSOCache with lots
of files.
What is it, can I delete it?
Msocache is another of those
directories that somehow just
appears.
MSO stands for MicroSoft Office.
It's a local copy of Microsoft
Office's installation source.
Put another way, it's a copy of
portions of the Microsoft Office
installation CD. It's used so
that you don't have to insert
the CD when you add a feature,
perform a repair operation, or
install service packs and
patches.
Msocache is created, quoting MS:
...if the following conditions
are true:
One of the available hard drives
has more than 1.5 gigabytes (GB)
of free disk space available.
The hard disk with sufficient
space is not a removable drive
or a network drive.
Personally that seems kind of
arbitrary, but there ya go.
You can delete the folder, but,
that the MS Knowledgebase
article says, "Never delete the
MSOCACHE folder by using
Microsoft Windows Explorer."
Why, they don't say. They
suggest using the Windows Disk
Cleanup Wizard.
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