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Package Directory'', by default the location of <literal>setup.exe</literal>. You
may conserve disk space by deleting the subdirectories there. These
directories will have very weird looking names, being encoded with
-their URLs.
+their URLs (named <literal>ftp%3a%2f...</literal>).
+</para>
+<para>Of course, you can keep them around in case you want to reinstall a
+package. If you want to clean out only the outdated packages, Michael Chase
+has written a script called <literal>clean_setup.pl</literal>, available
+at <ulink url="http://home.ix.netcom.com/~mchase/zip/" />.
</para>
</answer></qandaentry>