Trying to clean up my hard drive and in Local Settings/Application Data/ there is a folder called Identities. I see that these are somehow related to Outlook Express, going back a few years with the most recent being Aug 2009. What are these and can I delete the older folders? This would clear up a lot of memory for me.1 person got this answerI do too

Don't delete those folders or the files in them! To free some of the disk space that they occupy, run Outlook Express, delete undesired messages, empty the Deleted Items folder, and compact all folders. Do the same for each identity if there's more than one.Steve Winograd, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)

Well for cleaning ur system why dont u use some cleaning tools ??? Like Ccleaner which is free and will clean all the unnecessary temporary files and other garbage out of ur system u can get it from here:- http://www.9-zone.com/downloads/system/index.html

One of the largest files in any of these Identities is the Deleted Items.dbx; I have Express set to clear out the Deleted Items folder upon exiting the program. So what is contained in the Deleted Items.dbx?

I use Ccleaner, Windows Disk Cleanup and Wise Disk Cleaner already. Something in the past couple of weeks is hogging a lot of memory, up to an additional 150mb every week. My old hard drive is maxing out. No new programs in the past couple of months, so I can't figure out what is doing it. But in the meantime, I started going thru looking for old programs I don't use, and folders that I don't recognize that are taking up lots of space. Found the Identities one and wasn't familiar with it; I am not that computer savvy.

Manually empty the Deleted Items folder, then compact all folders to free the disk space that they previously used. BTW, disk space and memory are different things.Steve Winograd, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience)