What is the size of the WINDOWS folder on your PC because mine is 4.04Gb (this is "size" not "size on disk")
It has 26,488 files and 1,051 folders.
Can someone tell me if this is a normal size for your Windows install?
Please post your WINDOWS folder folder info as well as I would like to compare. To get this info right click the WINDOWS folder (should be in the root of the C: drive) and click Properties.
Im worried my WINDOWS folder might be abnormally large which could be slowing down my PC.

mines:
size: 4.01 GB (4,309,546,992 bytes) (copy/paste) (not size on disk)
contains 28,345 files 1,207 folders
(windows xp home)

don't no if that normal or not

Firstly, my WINDOWS (XP Pro) folder is 2.51GB, 14,189 files, 1,024 folders.

Next, the size of something on your HDD should not slow your computer down. It may slow down file searching using the search utility, but otherwise it has nothing to do with system performance.

If you have a lot of programs installed, they prob. have components installed in the Windows directory, off the top of my head I know about 10 common programs that add components to the WINDOWS directory.

What version of windows do you have? (Pre 95 , 95, 98, 98 SE, ME (), 2000, Server, XP,Server 2003, XP Media Center Edition, Codename Longhorn), etc?

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Originally posted by mad_onion
Microsoft© Windows©XP
Intel Pentium 4 2.5Ghz
512DDR Ram
Radeon 9600XT 256DDR
80Gb Hard Drive

mad_onion recommends WindowsXP

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I've got 3.36gb...22,191 files and 953 folders...There isn't a standard size for this, since things that you have installed (like drivers, java, engines and stuff) will change the size...

The size of a folder does not affect speed.
Things like the amount of running processes, and disk fragmentation affect speed.
Try defraging, and look at all your active processes and see if there is anything uneeded consuming lots of resources.

my windows folder is 1.10GB but i dont think it counts as i got a new pc today and it has barely anything installed yet

windows xp should be 2-3 GB, then the temporary internet files folder would be most of the rest of the space.

i run windows 2000 pro. my windows folder is 1.8 GB. my temp internet files folder is on a different hard drive, taking up just over 500 megs.

Mine is 3.04 GB (Size; Not Size on disk)
It has 17,429 files and 840 folders.
But these things slightly vary as u install some extra drivers or some softwares (cause they have a few files here, not many)
Oh ya, mine is win xp sp2 version 5.1 and build 2600 if thats of any help. (i dont think that the non bold part is of any use yet if anyone wants it ....)
Also the space of the windows folder or the total space consumed on your hd only affects your startup and shutdown times (initially). But as your pc's hd gets full (and i mean nearly full) yes then it affects even the running speed of your pc.
This is what i have noticed

ahaha My Windows XP (Home ) Windows Folder is only 1.14 gig. 8698 files, 295 folders.

Size: 2,35GB
OS: Windows XP SP1
Files: 14,118
Folders: 1,164

2,91GB, 24.639 files, 777 folders
(this includes lots of backup files btw)

As said, it HIGHLY depends on what you've installed and what you do with other folders. eg: do you have your "program folders" as a sub of the windows folder or not, do you regulary empty your temp folder, do you keep logs of all kinds of things, etc..., etc...

However:

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Originally posted by blade
Next, the size of something on your HDD should not slow your computer down. It may slow down file searching using the search utility, but otherwise it has nothing to do with system performance.

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I have a hungarian Windows XP, so don't laugh.

"Típus: (type) Fájlmappa (folder)
Hely: (location) C:\
Méret (size) 3,23 GB (3 473 858 525 bájt) (byte)
Lemezterület (on disk) 3,04 GB (3 271 924 356 bájt) (byte)
Tartalmaz (contains) 16 946 fájl (file), 1 195 mappa (folder)"

(a comment)And it is called "DoX", not windows....

Mine's 1.74 GB, 10,353 files, 568 Folders

For people wanting to save some disk space, you can read this or this. You can also delete the files in the C:\Windows\Prefetch directory, since only cached program files are in there

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Originally posted by Caboose
For people wanting to save some disk space, you can read this or this.

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2.) c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386\

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4.) c:\windows\cursors\
This folder contains some custom cursers for windows, if you are happy with the default cursers, or use your own set like Blue Curve, then deleting this wont effect you at all.

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Whoops, yes I forgot to mention that, thanks for the correction

My Windows folder:

Size: 2,37 GB (2.553.015.038 bytes)

14837 files and 628 folders.

Windows XP Prof. SP2