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What can be deleted in Temp file ?
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In my directory... /Documents and Settings/Peter Buttuls/Local Settings/Temp, when I saved it as a backup I noticed that the folder Temp was about 500 MB big. Can anyone give me criteria what files I can and cannot delete in that folder, because I remember once that someone who is not exactly a novice deleted a file in there which caused him problems. Also, I notice that the disk cleanup program does not mention that folder. Thanks, Peter |
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What can be deleted in Temp file ?
Peter Buttuls wrote:
Hi, In my directory... /Documents and Settings/Peter Buttuls/Local Settings/Temp, when I saved it as a backup I noticed that the folder Temp was about 500 MB big. Can anyone give me criteria what files I can and cannot delete in that folder, because I remember once that someone who is not exactly a novice deleted a file in there which caused him problems. Also, I notice that the disk cleanup program does not mention that folder. Thanks, Peter Nothing of value should ever be stored there, so you should be able to safely delete everything. If a file does happen to be in use, WinXP won't let you delete it. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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What can be deleted in Temp file ?
"Peter Buttuls" wrote in message
... Hi, In my directory... /Documents and Settings/Peter Buttuls/Local Settings/Temp, when I saved it as a backup I noticed that the folder Temp was about 500 MB big. Can anyone give me criteria what files I can and cannot delete in that folder, because I remember once that someone who is not exactly a novice deleted a file in there which caused him problems. Also, I notice that the disk cleanup program does not mention that folder. Thanks, Peter You posted EXACTLY the same question under EXACTLY the same subject EXACTLY a week ago in this group and had good answers. What's going on? |
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What can be deleted in Temp file ?
Olórin wrote:
"Peter Buttuls" wrote in message ... Hi, In my directory... /Documents and Settings/Peter Buttuls/Local Settings/Temp, when I saved it as a backup I noticed that the folder Temp was about 500 MB big. Can anyone give me criteria what files I can and cannot delete in that folder, because I remember once that someone who is not exactly a novice deleted a file in there which caused him problems. Also, I notice that the disk cleanup program does not mention that folder. Thanks, Peter You posted EXACTLY the same question under EXACTLY the same subject EXACTLY a week ago in this group and had good answers. What's going on? Tis a problem with temp space in cranium. |
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What can be deleted in Temp file ?
On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:20:13 -0800, "Peter Buttuls"
wrote: Hi, In my directory... /Documents and Settings/Peter Buttuls/Local Settings/Temp, when I saved it as a backup I noticed that the folder Temp was about 500 MB big. Can anyone give me criteria what files I can and cannot delete in that folder, because I remember once that someone who is not exactly a novice deleted a file in there which caused him problems. Also, I notice that the disk cleanup program does not mention that folder. They can, and should be, deleted periodically. The temp folder provides workspace for programs. Programs can create temporary files there for their own temporary use. Each program should delete all its temporary files when it closes, but for various reasons it doesn't always happen (for example, if the program crashes, it never gets to do this). That's why it's a good idea to periodically clean out anything left there. Also note that there are some program installations which work in two steps. The first step concludes by writing temporary files and rebooting. The second step starts automatically after rebooting and needs to find those files there (and then deletes them when it's done). Other than doing it automatically when rebooting (that would interfere with installations like the kind I described), it's always safe to delete the contents of the temp folder. Because it's safe to delete any temp files that aren't open and in use by an application, and since Windows won't let you delete open files, it's safe to (try to) delete them at any time. If any fail to delete because they're open, they'll either be deleted automatically when the app using them closes, or you'll get them the next time you delete manually. Some people may suggest that you reboot before deleting anything, but that's not necessary, for the reason described above (on the other hand, it doesn't hurt to do it). -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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