Is it safe to delete "amd64" files from my Windows folder? My machine is a Dell using an Intel Processor, so why would I need AMD files?

If they are 'protected' how can I delete batches of them?

I am using Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

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Do not. "AMD64" is the name for the 64-bit instruction set the x64 Windows is runs on. It just happens to be AMD who invented the 64-bit x86 instruction set, which Intel copied later on.

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(Similar to how Intel invented the 32-bit instruction set for x86, and AMD copied it later on.) – grawity Sep 4 '11 at 10:33
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