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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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