[Zaphod-Beeblebrox]

As my little noob brain is starting to grasp some of the basics and concepts of the files, their layouts, etc. It has occurred to me that there is inherent file duplication in the cooking process. If I understand correctly, all of the files in your SYS/OEM/EXT packages are getting copied into \windows on the ROM. Many of them are Copied to other folders via app.dat or initflashfiles.txt but they are never deleted from the \windows directory.
Is there a way to clean up this directory and delete those duplicate files. Is it even worth the trouble? I assume it would save some storage space, but would it have any positive effect on speed/ram ?