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Brenda813
Brenda813

Reputation: 41

What Are _vti Files and Can They Be Deleted?

I inherited a website and along with it, messy file keeping and tons of _vti folders. I'd like to do some clean up, but what are these VTI folders and can they be deleted?

From what I can find (which are old postings/articles), these are related to Front Page. I don't use Front Page, never did. I use Sublime.

When I did a WHOIS search, I got this information for the hosting:

Hosting provider: MyHosting / Name Servers: ns5.softcomca.com ns6.softcomca.com

I don't know if that matters in relation to whether these folders can be deleted.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2255

Answers (1)

MuttS
MuttS

Reputation: 26

Is the website using any Frontpage specific functions? Perhaps a counter or something specific to Frontpage (it's been way too long since Frontpage was a thing, I can't remember all of the special functions it provided).

I would really say they can be deleted. Frontpage has been end-of-life'd for probably 10 years now. While you can probably delete them, it's never a bad idea to download the directories and files in those directories just for safe keeping, just in case.

Upvotes: 1

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