Temp Folder

[Justin]

I have temp folder that hundreds of what I think are
useless files. The folder has about 465 mgs of infomation
in it dating back at least a year. If I erased this
information would it mess up my computer??? Please help

[Mike Brearley]

Erase away. Nothing in the temp file *should* be needed by your computer.
I say should, because who knows if some poorly written program accidentally
put some files in there and never moved them to an appropriate program
folder. This is highly unlikely though.

You should go in and clear out the temp folder once a month if you use your
computer quite a bit.

You can also use the disk cleanup wizard (programs --> accessories -->
system tools) to clean up unneeded files.

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Thanks,
Mike



"Justin" > wrote in message
...
> I have temp folder that hundreds of what I think are
> useless files. The folder has about 465 mgs of infomation
> in it dating back at least a year. If I erased this
> information would it mess up my computer??? Please help

[Ken Blake]

In , Justin wrote:

> I have temp folder that hundreds of what I think are
> useless files. The folder has about 465 mgs of infomation
> in it dating back at least a year. If I erased this
> information would it mess up my computer??? Please help


No. Not only can you delete everything in the temp folder, but
you should do so periodically. The only files it's not safe to
delete are those in use, but since Windows won't let you delete
those, it's safe to try to delete everything.

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Ken Blake
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[TomS]

>-----Original Message-----
>In , Justin wrote:
>
>> I have temp folder that hundreds of what I think are
>> useless files. The folder has about 465 mgs of
infomation
>> in it dating back at least a year. If I erased this
>> information would it mess up my computer??? Please
help
>
>
>No. Not only can you delete everything in the temp
folder, but
>you should do so periodically. The only files it's not
safe to
>delete are those in use, but since Windows won't let you
delete
>those, it's safe to try to delete everything.
>
>--
>Ken Blake
>Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>.
>
WHAT ABOUT any TMP files, more specifically those in
C:\Windows\ that are "set_.tmp"? (Also, I have lots of
ISG__.tmp files under C:\Windows\TEMP that I should
erase.)

[Ken Blake]

In , TomS wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> In , Justin wrote:
>>
>>> I have temp folder that hundreds of what I think are
>>> useless files. The folder has about 465 mgs of infomation
>>> in it dating back at least a year. If I erased this
>>> information would it mess up my computer??? Please help
>>
>>
>> No. Not only can you delete everything in the temp folder, but
>> you should do so periodically. The only files it's not safe to
>> delete are those in use, but since Windows won't let you
delete
>> those, it's safe to try to delete everything.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>> .
>>
> WHAT ABOUT any TMP files, more specifically those in
> C:\Windows\ that are "set_.tmp"? (Also, I have lots of
> ISG__.tmp files under C:\Windows\TEMP that I should
> erase.)


Tmp files are temporary files. Regardless of where they are, it
should be safe to delete them.

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Ken Blake
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[JC Carter]