How can you delete all contents of the OLK folder?

[Guest]

I noticed that all the Word documents that I open, before I save them, get
caught in this folder. I do not want it to take extra space from my hard
drive. How can I erase all of its contents without erasing each single one of
them at a time? I have a ton of documents in this folder and it would not let
me use Shift to erase them all at the same time

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You can use OutlookTools for that;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/products/outlooktools.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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I noticed that all the Word documents that I open, before I save them, get
caught in this folder. I do not want it to take extra space from my hard
drive. How can I erase all of its contents without erasing each single one
of
them at a time? I have a ton of documents in this folder and it would not
let
me use Shift to erase them all at the same time

 

[Guest]

I'm sorry Rob, but I don't feel too comfortable dowloading programs to my
office server from an unofficial website. Does anybody else have a solution?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

It's my website ;-)

Why are you working on a server? Or do you mean Terminal Server?
What method of erasing do you use? SHIFT+DEL should do the trick; what error
do you get when you try?

Manual instructions to browse to the folder can be found here;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/securetemp.htm

 

[Guest]

Oops sorry roady about the website. I am able to delete each file at a time
but since there are soo many of them it will take me forever to delete them
all; I wanted to know how I can delete several of them at the same time. I've
tried pressing shift and multiple files but it will not let me do it; only
one at a time.

It's my website ;-)

Why are you working on a server? Or do you mean Terminal Server?
What method of erasing do you use? SHIFT+DEL should do the trick; what error
do you get when you try?

Manual instructions to browse to the folder can be found here;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/securetemp.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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I'm sorry Rob, but I don't feel too comfortable dowloading programs to my
office server from an unofficial website. Does anybody else have a solution?

I noticed that all the Word documents that I open, before I save them, get
caught in this folder. I do not want it to take extra space from my hard
drive. How can I erase all of its contents without erasing each single one
of
them at a time? I have a ton of documents in this folder and it would not
let
me use Shift to erase them all at the same time

 

[Brian Tillman]

Oops sorry roady about the website. I am able to delete each file at
a time but since there are soo many of them it will take me forever
to delete them all; I wanted to know how I can delete several of them
at the same time. I've tried pressing shift and multiple files but it
will not let me do it; only one at a time.

The instructions on that web page will open an Explorer window that shows
all the files in the temp folder. Click Edit>Select All and then press
Delete.

 

[tom]

This might be for techies only but I use a dos batch file:

c:
cd\
if exist "%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\OLKc*.*" (
cd "%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKc*"
pause
del *.* /s /f /q
)
cd\

Cut and paste the above into a notepad and save the file as a batch
file (eg., delOLCKtemp.bat). BEWARE that google groups might word-wrap
after posting so check the syntax and fix appropriately. run the
saved batch file from the dos prompt.

Oops sorry roady about the website. I am able to delete each file at a time
but since there are soo many of them it will take me forever to delete them
all; I wanted to know how I can delete several of them at the same time. I've
tried pressing shift and multiple files but it will not let me do it; only
one at a time.

It's my website ;-)

Why are you working on a server? Or do you mean Terminal Server?
What method of erasing do you use? SHIFT+DEL should do the trick; what error
do you get when you try?

Manual instructions to browse to the folder can be found here;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/securetemp.htm

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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I'm sorry Rob, but I don't feel too comfortable dowloading programs to my
office server from an unofficial website. Does anybody else have a solution?

I noticed that all the Word documents that I open, before I save them, get
caught in this folder. I do not want it to take extra space from my hard
drive. How can I erase all of its contents without erasing each single one
of
them at a time? I have a ton of documents in this folder and it would not
let
me use Shift to erase them all at the same time