Windows Temp Folder

My Windows 8.1 Temp Folder:

C:\Windows\Temp

Has almost 2Gb of stuff in it, mostly subfolders and files with names like

{BEBEE34D-84A2-4EDD-8BEA-96CC54371263}

Can I clear out the Temp folder? Are these files really temporary files or
something that's needed? When I run Disk Cleanup, "Temporary Files" is not
checked. Should I check it and will this clean up all these files and folders? I
know I can try it, but i don't want to screw anything up. Also what about "Setup
Log Files". Can I safely check that box in Windows Cleanup?

As always, thanks.

On 8/5/2015 9:41 PM, wrote:
My Windows 8.1 Temp Folder:

C:\Windows\Temp

Has almost 2Gb of stuff in it, mostly subfolders and files with names like

{BEBEE34D-84A2-4EDD-8BEA-96CC54371263}

Can I clear out the Temp folder? Are these files really temporary files or
something that's needed? When I run Disk Cleanup, "Temporary Files" is not
checked. Should I check it and will this clean up all these files and folders? I
know I can try it, but i don't want to screw anything up. Also what about "Setup
Log Files". Can I safely check that box in Windows Cleanup?

As always, thanks.

You can delete all of the files in any folder called Temp. If the file
is needed or in use, a warning will appear.

As a general rule you can delete any file, any where, with the extension
TMP. There are several of these extension, but the TMP is the only one I
commonly delete. You can search to find a complete list of the
temporary extensions

With some settings Corel's Word perfect creates a file with the
extension BK!. these also can be deleted.

On 05 Aug 2015, wrote in alt.comp.os.windows-8:

Can I clear out the Temp folder?

Yes.

Are these files really temporary files or something that's needed?

Yes, if they are older than the last reboot and they aren't locked
and currently in use.

When I run Disk Cleanup, "Temporary Files" is not checked. Should
I check it and will this clean up all these files and folders?

Yes, it will clean up most but maybe not all of them.

I know I can try it, but i don't want to screw anything up. Also
what about "Setup Log Files". Can I safely check that box in
Windows Cleanup?

Yes.

On Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:41:06 -0400, wrote:

My Windows 8.1 Temp Folder:

C:\Windows\Temp

Has almost 2Gb of stuff in it, mostly subfolders and files with names like

{BEBEE34D-84A2-4EDD-8BEA-96CC54371263}

Can I clear out the Temp folder? Are these files really temporary files or
something that's needed? When I run Disk Cleanup, "Temporary Files" is not
checked. Should I check it and will this clean up all these files and folders? I
know I can try it, but i don't want to screw anything up. Also what about "Setup
Log Files". Can I safely check that box in Windows Cleanup?

As always, thanks.

CCleaner will empty the temp folder for you and also clean up various
other items.
--
JT

On Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:41:06 -0400, wrote:

My Windows 8.1 Temp Folder:

C:\Windows\Temp

Has almost 2Gb of stuff in it, mostly subfolders and files with names like

{BEBEE34D-84A2-4EDD-8BEA-96CC54371263}

Can I clear out the Temp folder? Are these files really temporary files or
something that's needed? When I run Disk Cleanup, "Temporary Files" is not
checked. Should I check it and will this clean up all these files and folders? I
know I can try it, but i don't want to screw anything up. Also what about "Setup
Log Files". Can I safely check that box in Windows Cleanup?

As always, thanks.


Thanks. I check the box to cleanup Temporary Files, and after running it, I
checked and the same 1.88Gb of temp files are still there. The folder that's
filled with this stuff is C:\Windows\Temp. Windows Cleaner doesn't seem to be
touching it. Should/can I just go to that folder, open it up then delete
everything that's in it in the right side panel? Thanks again.

On Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:41:06 -0400, wrote:

My Windows 8.1 Temp Folder:

C:\Windows\Temp

Has almost 2Gb of stuff in it, mostly subfolders and files with names like

{BEBEE34D-84A2-4EDD-8BEA-96CC54371263}

Can I clear out the Temp folder? Are these files really temporary files or
something that's needed? When I run Disk Cleanup, "Temporary Files" is not
checked. Should I check it and will this clean up all these files and folders? I
know I can try it, but i don't want to screw anything up. Also what about "Setup
Log Files". Can I safely check that box in Windows Cleanup?

As always, thanks.


Okay, I downloaded and ran CCleaner, which a while back I was told was useless
on Windows 8. Well, lo and behold. It cleaned out that folder. I guess it's not
as useless as Microsoft said it was. Thanks.

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:54:57 -0400, wrote:

Okay, I downloaded and ran CCleaner, which a while back I was told was useless
on Windows 8. Well, lo and behold. It cleaned out that folder. I guess it's not
as useless as Microsoft said it was. Thanks.


Who told you it was useless? As far as I'm concerned, it's very
useful. Only one aspect of it is useless--or worse, dangerous--its
registry cleaner. Its registry cleaner is safer than most other
registry cleaners, but it's still dangerous, and using any registry
cleaner is unnecessary.

wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2015 21:41:06 -0400, wrote:

My Windows 8.1 Temp Folder:

C:\Windows\Temp

Has almost 2Gb of stuff in it, mostly subfolders and files with names like

{BEBEE34D-84A2-4EDD-8BEA-96CC54371263}

Can I clear out the Temp folder? Are these files really temporary files or
something that's needed? When I run Disk Cleanup, "Temporary Files" is not
checked. Should I check it and will this clean up all these files and folders? I
know I can try it, but i don't want to screw anything up. Also what about "Setup
Log Files". Can I safely check that box in Windows Cleanup?

As always, thanks.


Okay, I downloaded and ran CCleaner, which a while back I was told was useless
on Windows 8. Well, lo and behold. It cleaned out that folder. I guess it's not
as useless as Microsoft said it was. Thanks.

You can solve some problems with Takeown.

Takeown in a script. To show the commands used.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tims/archive...deletable.aspx

Takeown added to right-click context menu. These are .reg
files that you right-click and select "merge". The first
installs Takeown, the second removes it if you don't want it.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html

http://www.eightforums.com/attachmen...ntext_menu.reg

http://www.eightforums.com/attachmen...ntext_menu.reg

HTH,
Paul

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:04:35 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:54:57 -0400, wrote:

Okay, I downloaded and ran CCleaner, which a while back I was told was useless
on Windows 8. Well, lo and behold. It cleaned out that folder. I guess it's not
as useless as Microsoft said it was. Thanks.


Who told you it was useless? As far as I'm concerned, it's very
useful. Only one aspect of it is useless--or worse, dangerous--its
registry cleaner. Its registry cleaner is safer than most other
registry cleaners, but it's still dangerous, and using any registry
cleaner is unnecessary.

And where it proved dangerous to me was that I didn't pay atttention to what it
was going to clean, and it apprently went to town on cookies or something such
thast a message board I go to daily and when I read a post the post turns dark,
it cleaned them all out so I don't know what I did and didn't read now. My own
damn fault but it still ****es me off. As to who told me to get rid of it, that
would have been a Microsoft support person a few months ago when an update
screwed me over royally and I had to call them. To their credit, they spent
about an hour on the phine with me, no charge, took over my computer and
recommended I get rid of all superfluous "maintenance" programs, and CCleaner
was one.

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 21:33:54 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:04:35 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:54:57 -0400, wrote:

Okay, I downloaded and ran CCleaner, which a while back I was told was useless
on Windows 8. Well, lo and behold. It cleaned out that folder. I guess it's not
as useless as Microsoft said it was. Thanks.


Who told you it was useless? As far as I'm concerned, it's very
useful. Only one aspect of it is useless--or worse, dangerous--its
registry cleaner. Its registry cleaner is safer than most other
registry cleaners, but it's still dangerous, and using any registry
cleaner is unnecessary.

And where it proved dangerous to me was that I didn't pay atttention to what it
was going to clean, and it apprently went to town on cookies or something such
thast a message board I go to daily and when I read a post the post turns dark,
it cleaned them all out so I don't know what I did and didn't read now. My own
damn fault but it still ****es me off. As to who told me to get rid of it, that
would have been a Microsoft support person a few months ago when an update
screwed me over royally and I had to call them. To their credit, they spent
about an hour on the phine with me, no charge, took over my computer and
recommended I get rid of all superfluous "maintenance" programs, and CCleaner
was one.

Most likely, someone here would have helped you, also at no charge, and it
probably wouldn't have involved uninstalling useful non-MS programs.

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 21:33:54 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:04:35 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:54:57 -0400, wrote:

Okay, I downloaded and ran CCleaner, which a while back I was told was useless
on Windows 8. Well, lo and behold. It cleaned out that folder. I guess it's not
as useless as Microsoft said it was. Thanks.


Who told you it was useless? As far as I'm concerned, it's very
useful. Only one aspect of it is useless--or worse, dangerous--its
registry cleaner. Its registry cleaner is safer than most other
registry cleaners, but it's still dangerous, and using any registry
cleaner is unnecessary.

And where it proved dangerous to me was that I didn't pay atttention to what it
was going to clean, and it apprently went to town on cookies or something such
thast a message board I go to daily and when I read a post the post turns dark,
it cleaned them all out so I don't know what I did and didn't read now. My own
damn fault but it still ****es me off. As to who told me to get rid of it, that
would have been a Microsoft support person a few months ago when an update
screwed me over royally and I had to call them. To their credit, they spent
about an hour on the phine with me, no charge, took over my computer and
recommended I get rid of all superfluous "maintenance" programs, and CCleaner
was one.


Unfortunately, Microsoft support is not a great place to go for
support. Many of those people are very poor.

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 23:32:45 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 21:33:54 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:04:35 -0700, "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:54:57 -0400, wrote:

Okay, I downloaded and ran CCleaner, which a while back I was told was useless
on Windows 8. Well, lo and behold. It cleaned out that folder. I guess it's not
as useless as Microsoft said it was. Thanks.


Who told you it was useless? As far as I'm concerned, it's very
useful. Only one aspect of it is useless--or worse, dangerous--its
registry cleaner. Its registry cleaner is safer than most other
registry cleaners, but it's still dangerous, and using any registry
cleaner is unnecessary.

And where it proved dangerous to me was that I didn't pay atttention to what it
was going to clean, and it apprently went to town on cookies or something such
thast a message board I go to daily and when I read a post the post turns dark,
it cleaned them all out so I don't know what I did and didn't read now. My own
damn fault but it still ****es me off. As to who told me to get rid of it, that
would have been a Microsoft support person a few months ago when an update
screwed me over royally and I had to call them. To their credit, they spent
about an hour on the phine with me, no charge, took over my computer and
recommended I get rid of all superfluous "maintenance" programs, and CCleaner
was one.

Most likely, someone here would have helped you, also at no charge, and it
probably wouldn't have involved uninstalling useful non-MS programs.

Believe me, this is the FIRST place I go to for help. I forget what exactly the
issue was, but it involved the installation of a Windows update. Whatever help I
was getting here, the problem just kep coming back, so in desperation, I called
Microsoft. I was surprised they still offered help by phone, even more suprised
that I didn't get placed on hold for an hour before someone came on line (It was
like the tech guy answered the phone himself) and I was the the most surprised
that it didn't cost me anything. And they gave me a case number in case I had to
call back. But yeah, I could tell the guy wasn't in Chicago or Omaha or Seattle.
Twleve times zones away no doubt. But he fixed the main problem. It was just as
he was going through my system from afar that he recommended I dump several
utilities that I was using. As they say in Greece, C'est la vie.