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I was checking my computer for viruses, I noticed that in my document,
in the Temp Internet File directory was huge, its size was listed as 3.63GIGS with 175,000 files.Two question A is this normal and B: can I delete all the files in this directory? OS is XP pro and I use IE and netscape 7.2 Thanks |
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Its normal if you have it setup that way, and yes you can delete the temp
dir contents when ever you want. "xsdcsdsadc" wrote in message ... I was checking my computer for viruses, I noticed that in my document, in the Temp Internet File directory was huge, its size was listed as 3.63GIGS with 175,000 files.Two question A is this normal and B: can I delete all the files in this directory? OS is XP pro and I use IE and netscape 7.2 Thanks |
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Any file in Temp ot Temp Internet files can be deleted If any are still in use, XP will not allow you to delete them Do you ever go to Window Explorer on your main drive, (rt-click) / Properties / Disk Cleanup, which helps clean out most of the garbage. If not, make that a habit! -- johnf Its normal if you have it setup that way, and yes you can delete the temp dir contents when ever you want. "xsdcsdsadc" wrote in message ... I was checking my computer for viruses, I noticed that in my document, in the Temp Internet File directory was huge, its size was listed as 3.63GIGS with 175,000 files.Two question A is this normal and B: can I delete all the files in this directory? OS is XP pro and I use IE and netscape 7.2 Thanks |
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johnf wrote:
Add-on - Any file in Temp ot Temp Internet files can be deleted If any are still in use, XP will not allow you to delete them Do you ever go to Window Explorer on your main drive, (rt-click) / Properties / Disk Cleanup, which helps clean out most of the garbage. If not, make that a habit! -- johnf Its normal if you have it setup that way, and yes you can delete the temp dir contents when ever you want. "xsdcsdsadc" wrote in message ... I was checking my computer for viruses, I noticed that in my document, in the Temp Internet File directory was huge, its size was listed as 3.63GIGS with 175,000 files.Two question A is this normal and B: can I delete all the files in this directory? OS is XP pro and I use IE and netscape 7.2 Thanks thanks |
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Sorry I , don't understand your reply - "Its normal if you have it setup that way" - it's just a standard maimtenance function.
ps - don''t post in HTML on NGs. -- johnf - Any file in Temp ot Temp Internet files can be deleted If any are still in use, XP will not allow you to delete them Do you ever go to Window Explorer on your main drive, (rt-click) / Properties / Disk Cleanup, which helps clean out most of the garbage. If not, make that a habit! -- johnf Its normal if you have it setup that way, and yes you can delete the temp dir contents when ever you want. "xsdcsdsadc" wrote in message ... I was checking my computer for viruses, I noticed that in my document, in the Temp Internet File directory was huge, its size was listed as 3.63GIGS with 175,000 files.Two question A is this normal and B: can I delete all the files in this directory? OS is XP pro and I use IE and netscape 7.2 Thanks thanks |
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Do diskcleanup regularly. No, it is not normal to have 175,000 temp files.
-- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested) "xsdcsdsadc" wrote in message ... johnf wrote: Add-on - Any file in Temp ot Temp Internet files can be deleted If any are still in use, XP will not allow you to delete them Do you ever go to Window Explorer on your main drive, (rt-click) / Properties / Disk Cleanup, which helps clean out most of the garbage. If not, make that a habit! -- johnf Its normal if you have it setup that way, and yes you can delete the temp dir contents when ever you want. "xsdcsdsadc" wrote in message ... I was checking my computer for viruses, I noticed that in my document, in the Temp Internet File directory was huge, its size was listed as 3.63GIGS with 175,000 files.Two question A is this normal and B: can I delete all the files in this directory? OS is XP pro and I use IE and netscape 7.2 Thanks thanks |
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Colin Barnhorst wrote:
Do diskcleanup regularly. No, it is not normal to have 175,000 temp files. But the OP posts questions three or four times - says "thankyou very much" for the replies posted to the first post and then asks the same question again in the same groups! The OP is obviously "not normal" either! -- Interim Systems and Management Accounting Gordon Burgess-Parker Director www.gbpcomputing.co.uk |
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Maybe. But neither are some of us responders.
-- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested) "Gordon" wrote in message ... Colin Barnhorst wrote: Do diskcleanup regularly. No, it is not normal to have 175,000 temp files. But the OP posts questions three or four times - says "thankyou very much" for the replies posted to the first post and then asks the same question again in the same groups! The OP is obviously "not normal" either! -- Interim Systems and Management Accounting Gordon Burgess-Parker Director www.gbpcomputing.co.uk |
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Colin Barnhorst wrote:
Maybe. But neither are some of us responders. LOL! -- Interim Systems and Management Accounting Gordon Burgess-Parker Director www.gbpcomputing.co.uk |
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