Size of Acrobat 9.0 program folder... RTP files?

I have Acrobat Standard 9.5.2 installed on my Windows XP machine, which is a laptop with a 40GB hard drive. I am getting a bit low on drive space, so I would like to delete any unneccessary files or move them to an external drive.
My C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0 folder is currently taking up over 1.2GB of my drive.
My C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Update folder contains over 1400 files with extension RTP (and a few RTP.BAK). Some of these files date back to February 2009. Many of the RTP files are over 13MB in size; the Updates folder itself is 606MB.
I have two simple questions (following a thorough search of the internet and these forums without finding an answer):
First,
What exactly is a RTP file, and what are they "for"?
Second,
Is it really necessary for the Acrobat program to retain ALL of these files? I can't believe the Acrobat installation needs to be this inefficient with regards to disk space! Is it possible to delete some of the older RTP files, or will that interfere with future updates?
I know SOMEONE here knows the answer...
Thanks for any information, even if just to enlighten me as to the function of the RTP files!
Ken

If that doesn't work, try renaming their C:\users\(user) folder and see if that fixes it.  If so, then at least you know the problem is in there somewhere.  You can always copy back their desktop and favorites folders.

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