I went to clean up my c harddrive and found over 17 gig in this file folder
(C:\Documents and Settings\Main\Local Settings\Temp)

Is it safe to remove/delete everything in this folder (all folders,files
and sub folders)?

"Tim_Ver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C5CFFC78-5847-4DA8-AD98-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
> I went to clean up my c harddrive and found over 17 gig in this file
folder
> (C:\Documents and Settings\Main\Local Settings\Temp)
>
> Is it safe to remove/delete everything in this folder (all folders,files
> and sub folders)?
>

Yes, it is, as long as you leave the folder itself in place.

Ok, some will not allow me to delete them.

Also is this normal to have 17+ gig in temp folder?

I always delete temp files and local in IE Ithough it cleaned this up also,
why not?

Thanks


"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Tim_Ver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C5CFFC78-5847-4DA8-AD98-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> >
> > I went to clean up my c harddrive and found over 17 gig in this file
> folder
> > (C:\Documents and Settings\Main\Local Settings\Temp)
> >
> > Is it safe to remove/delete everything in this folder (all folders,files
> > and sub folders)?
> >
>
> Yes, it is, as long as you leave the folder itself in place.
>
>
>

I can't tell why you should have a 17 GByte file in your
temp folder. It was created by something you ran on your
PC and I do not know what this might have been!

Reboot in Safe Mode to delete locked files.

IE does not delete files in the temp folder.


"Tim_Ver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news7EF312E-F6B6-401C-93A8-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ok, some will not allow me to delete them.
>
> Also is this normal to have 17+ gig in temp folder?
>
> I always delete temp files and local in IE Ithough it cleaned this up
also,
> why not?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Tim_Ver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:C5CFFC78-5847-4DA8-AD98-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >
> > >
> > > I went to clean up my c harddrive and found over 17 gig in this file
> > folder
> > > (C:\Documents and Settings\Main\Local Settings\Temp)
> > >
> > > Is it safe to remove/delete everything in this folder (all
folders,files
> > > and sub folders)?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, it is, as long as you leave the folder itself in place.
> >
> >
> >

Also the following tool

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...pendmoves.mspx

Can be used to delete files that are in use without requiring to boot into
safe mode.

If you listed some of the filenames + size we might be able to advise on
what created them.

If you browsed to

C:\Documents and Settings\Main\Local Settings\

and right clicked Temp and clicked Search...

Then search for all files (inncluding hidden & system files) then sort by
file size to see what the largest ones are.

"Tim_Ver" wrote:

> Ok, some will not allow me to delete them.
>
> Also is this normal to have 17+ gig in temp folder?
>
> I always delete temp files and local in IE Ithough it cleaned this up also,
> why not?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Tim_Ver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:C5CFFC78-5847-4DA8-AD98-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >
> > >
> > > I went to clean up my c harddrive and found over 17 gig in this file
> > folder
> > > (C:\Documents and Settings\Main\Local Settings\Temp)
> > >
> > > Is it safe to remove/delete everything in this folder (all folders,files
> > > and sub folders)?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, it is, as long as you leave the folder itself in place.
> >
> >
> >

"chentiangemalc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9A91AFEE-4235-4583-A484-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Also the following tool
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...pendmoves.mspx
>
> Can be used to delete files that are in use without requiring to boot into
> safe mode.
>

Nice tool!

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> "Tim_Ver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C5CFFC78-5847-4DA8-AD98-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>
>> I went to clean up my c harddrive and found over 17 gig in this
>> file folder (C:\Documents and Settings\Main\Local Settings\Temp)
>>
>> Is it safe to remove/delete everything in this folder (all
>> folders,files and sub folders)?
>>
>
> Yes, it is, as long as you leave the folder itself in place.

Use Disk Cleanup in Accessories, System Tools I think it is.
Or delete them from Safe Mode. You cannot delete files that are in use, so
do a Restart and then try to delete them.
No, 17 Gig is ridiculous.

Ok here is the largest file when I do a search:

Photoshop Temp279888 13,954,720

some under this are 648,222 and 623,948

Any ideas why this would happen or how to fix it so it does not keep
happening?

Thanks

"Poprivet" wrote:

> Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> > "Tim_Ver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:C5CFFC78-5847-4DA8-AD98-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>
> >>
> >> I went to clean up my c harddrive and found over 17 gig in this
> >> file folder (C:\Documents and Settings\Main\Local Settings\Temp)
> >>
> >> Is it safe to remove/delete everything in this folder (all
> >> folders,files and sub folders)?
> >>
> >
> > Yes, it is, as long as you leave the folder itself in place.
>
> Use Disk Cleanup in Accessories, System Tools I think it is.
> Or delete them from Safe Mode. You cannot delete files that are in use, so
> do a Restart and then try to delete them.
> No, 17 Gig is ridiculous.
>
>
>

Tim_Ver wrote:
> Ok here is the largest file when I do a search:
>
> Photoshop Temp279888 13,954,720
>
> some under this are 648,222 and 623,948
>
> Any ideas why this would happen or how to fix it so it does not keep
> happening?
>
> Thanks

Quite a few things can cause them to be left behind. Those files are
normally deleted when a program closes, and others when the computer is
restarted or shut down. Each program that creates them is resonsible for
deleting them, whether it's a system process or a program you are using.
For some, just closing the file but not the application removes/deletes the
temporary files. Etcetera <g>.

Anytime anything gets hung up and has to be manually closed with End Task or
whatever, there WILL be files left behind. That's why it's important to not
just pull the plug on a computer; you have to let the applications close
themselves in an orderly fashion so they can do their housekeeping.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that 99% of yours are/were created
from hung programs and/or turning off power to the computer without having
shut down first (as in using Task Manager to kill a program or the
computer).

So, get rid of all the temp files you can, and then watch for a week or so
to see if more are being formed even though you are exiting programs
correctly and shutting down/restarting the computer properly. If very many
do come back, then it's going to be a likely case for file corruption
someplace on the hard drive.

The easiest way to get rid of them is to do it right after a fresh boot, the
very first thing you do. Use Disk Cleanup to clean them out is the easiest
way. With that many files, it might take several minutes before Disk
Cleanup is ready to start the deletion process, so be patient. As you'll
see, it can clean up many different types of "chaff" on the drive. The
process of deletion may take a long time also.
Then, run Disk Cleanup again. If it still finds more than a few files to
delete, keep running it until it doesn't find anymore.
After deleting all those files would also be a good time to run Defrag on
the drive, even if it says it doesn't have to be done. There may be still
contiguous data but it might be spread all over the hard disk.
After the Defrag, run it one more time. With that kind of data spread,
it might take a couple of runs to straighten things out. When it whips thru
a defrag in just a couple minutes, you can pretty well figure the disk is
well defragmented.


HTH
Pop`


>
> "Poprivet" wrote:
>
>> Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
>>> "Tim_Ver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:C5CFFC78-5847-4DA8-AD98-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I went to clean up my c harddrive and found over 17 gig in this
>>>> file folder (C:\Documents and Settings\Main\Local Settings\Temp)
>>>>
>>>> Is it safe to remove/delete everything in this folder (all
>>>> folders,files and sub folders)?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, it is, as long as you leave the folder itself in place.
>>
>> Use Disk Cleanup in Accessories, System Tools I think it is.
>> Or delete them from Safe Mode. You cannot delete files that are in
>> use, so do a Restart and then try to delete them.
>> No, 17 Gig is ridiculous.

This is really a Photoshop question. I recommend you try
the Photoshop FAQs.


"Tim_Ver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news06882DB-1766-4973-829E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ok here is the largest file when I do a search:
>
> Photoshop Temp279888 13,954,720
>
> some under this are 648,222 and 623,948
>
> Any ideas why this would happen or how to fix it so it does not keep
> happening?
>
> Thanks
>
> "Poprivet" wrote:
>
> > Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> > > "Tim_Ver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:C5CFFC78-5847-4DA8-AD98-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I went to clean up my c harddrive and found over 17 gig in this
> > >> file folder (C:\Documents and Settings\Main\Local Settings\Temp)
> > >>
> > >> Is it safe to remove/delete everything in this folder (all
> > >> folders,files and sub folders)?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Yes, it is, as long as you leave the folder itself in place.
> >
> > Use Disk Cleanup in Accessories, System Tools I think it is.
> > Or delete them from Safe Mode. You cannot delete files that are in use,
so
> > do a Restart and then try to delete them.
> > No, 17 Gig is ridiculous.
> >
> >
> >