Can I safely delete the contents of the Temporary Folder?

I found out that Disk Cleanup utility in the System Folder doesn't cleanup
the Temporary Folder of any Accounts completely even if it is checked. Many
files remain there after cleanup.

I just want to know whether it is safe to delete the remaining files in the
Temporary Folder manually ? Or Does the Temp folder contains important files
that are necessary for the operation of windows?

Your suggestions are welcomed.

Thankyou.

Yes you can safely delete these. If any program happens to be using any of
these files XP won't let you delete those files.

Reboot and then try to delete them.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:FB175A54-F5E7-4299-92C4-98E32FB4F728@microsoft.com,
kason <kason@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> I found out that Disk Cleanup utility in the System Folder doesn't
> cleanup the Temporary Folder of any Accounts completely even if it is
> checked. Many files remain there after cleanup.
>
> I just want to know whether it is safe to delete the remaining files
> in the Temporary Folder manually ? Or Does the Temp folder contains
> important files that are necessary for the operation of windows?
>
> Your suggestions are welcomed.
>
> Thankyou.

You can safely delete the contents of all temp folders.
However you should reboot first to be sure the data is not in use.

Also see:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

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Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


"kason" <kason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB175A54-F5E7-4299-92C4-98E32FB4F728@microsoft.com...
>I found out that Disk Cleanup utility in the System Folder doesn't
>cleanup
> the Temporary Folder of any Accounts completely even if it is
> checked. Many
> files remain there after cleanup.
>
> I just want to know whether it is safe to delete the remaining
> files in the
> Temporary Folder manually ? Or Does the Temp folder contains
> important files
> that are necessary for the operation of windows?
>
> Your suggestions are welcomed.
>
> Thankyou.

Hi,

Thanks for the valuable piece of advice from both of you -Wesley Vogel and
Jupiter Jones[MVP]. I have deleted all the contents of the temp folders. My
machine rebooted without any problem. So far ,no popups from any program
notifying that they are missing any files.

My concern is why didn't My Disk Cleanup Utility cleanup thoroughly? Is
there anything wrong with my Disk Cleanup Utility ????

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:

> You can safely delete the contents of all temp folders.
> However you should reboot first to be sure the data is not in use.
>
> Also see:
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>
>
> "kason" <kason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FB175A54-F5E7-4299-92C4-98E32FB4F728@microsoft.com...
> >I found out that Disk Cleanup utility in the System Folder doesn't
> >cleanup
> > the Temporary Folder of any Accounts completely even if it is
> > checked. Many
> > files remain there after cleanup.
> >
> > I just want to know whether it is safe to delete the remaining
> > files in the
> > Temporary Folder manually ? Or Does the Temp folder contains
> > important files
> > that are necessary for the operation of windows?
> >
> > Your suggestions are welcomed.
> >
> > Thankyou.
>
>
>

kason,

Consider using a cleanup utility that works. ;-)

With Disk Cleaner you can easily clean up disk space that is now used by
temporary files like those in the system temporary folder, the Internet
Explorer Cache and Cookies folder, and the Recycle Bin.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/

Cleans:
Temporary Internet Files
Internet Cookies
Internet History
System Temporary Folder
Recent Documents
Run... Dialog List
Find Document List
Find Computer List
URLs in IE Address Bar
URLs in Shell Address Bar
Media Player Recent URLs
WinZip Recent Files
WinZip Extract To Folders
Paint Recent Files
WordPad Recent Files

I use it and it's okie dokie. I have it set to Quiet mode and it cleans
everything on every boot.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:63532B7D-83A0-461D-B7B7-BABCC9C8B4A9@microsoft.com,
kason <kason@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the valuable piece of advice from both of you -Wesley
> Vogel and Jupiter Jones[MVP]. I have deleted all the contents of the
> temp folders. My machine rebooted without any problem. So far ,no
> popups from any program notifying that they are missing any files.
>
> My concern is why didn't My Disk Cleanup Utility cleanup thoroughly?
> Is there anything wrong with my Disk Cleanup Utility ????
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You can safely delete the contents of all temp folders.
>> However you should reboot first to be sure the data is not in use.
>>
>> Also see:
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
>>
>> --
>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>>
>>
>> "kason" <kason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FB175A54-F5E7-4299-92C4-98E32FB4F728@microsoft.com...
>>> I found out that Disk Cleanup utility in the System Folder doesn't
>>> cleanup
>>> the Temporary Folder of any Accounts completely even if it is
>>> checked. Many
>>> files remain there after cleanup.
>>>
>>> I just want to know whether it is safe to delete the remaining
>>> files in the
>>> Temporary Folder manually ? Or Does the Temp folder contains
>>> important files
>>> that are necessary for the operation of windows?
>>>
>>> Your suggestions are welcomed.
>>>
>>> Thankyou.

Forgot this...

The Disk Cleanup tool deletes temporary files that have not been modified in
over a week.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:63532B7D-83A0-461D-B7B7-BABCC9C8B4A9@microsoft.com,
kason <kason@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the valuable piece of advice from both of you -Wesley
> Vogel and Jupiter Jones[MVP]. I have deleted all the contents of the
> temp folders. My machine rebooted without any problem. So far ,no
> popups from any program notifying that they are missing any files.
>
> My concern is why didn't My Disk Cleanup Utility cleanup thoroughly?
> Is there anything wrong with my Disk Cleanup Utility ????
>
> "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> You can safely delete the contents of all temp folders.
>> However you should reboot first to be sure the data is not in use.
>>
>> Also see:
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm
>>
>> --
>> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>> http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/
>>
>>
>> "kason" <kason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FB175A54-F5E7-4299-92C4-98E32FB4F728@microsoft.com...
>>> I found out that Disk Cleanup utility in the System Folder doesn't
>>> cleanup
>>> the Temporary Folder of any Accounts completely even if it is
>>> checked. Many
>>> files remain there after cleanup.
>>>
>>> I just want to know whether it is safe to delete the remaining
>>> files in the
>>> Temporary Folder manually ? Or Does the Temp folder contains
>>> important files
>>> that are necessary for the operation of windows?
>>>
>>> Your suggestions are welcomed.
>>>
>>> Thankyou.