Temp Folders..

[JD]

In my 98SE, there is one temp folder, in Windows. Something tells me
there is more than one temp folder in XP. How many temp folders are
there in XP and where are they located?

 

[Malke]

In my 98SE, there is one temp folder, in Windows. Something tells me
there is more than one temp folder in XP. How many temp folders are
there in XP and where are they located?

There may be a Temp folder at the root of the system drive (usually C if
some third-party programs made it. Each user account has a temp file
located in:

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temp

There is also a temp folder in C:\Windows.

To keep your computer clean, you can run Disk Cleanup in each account.
Start>Run>cleanmgr [enter]

Malke

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Here are a few.

Typing: %temp% or %tmp% in Start | Run should open...
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temp

Typing: temp in Start | Run should open C:\WINDOWS\Temp

Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
will open
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

And there are these paste any of them into Start | Run...
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\Temp
C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Temp
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Temp

C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files
C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[JD]

JD wrote:

In my 98SE, there is one temp folder, in Windows. Something tells me
there is more than one temp folder in XP. How many temp folders are
there in XP and where are they located?

There may be a Temp folder at the root of the system drive (usually C if
some third-party programs made it. Each user account has a temp file
located in:

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temp

There is also a temp folder in C:\Windows.

To keep your computer clean, you can run Disk Cleanup in each account.
Start>Run>cleanmgr [enter]

Malke

Thanks, I'll take a look at Disk Cleanup.

 

[JD]

Here are a few.

Typing: %temp% or %tmp% in Start | Run should open...
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Temp

Typing: temp in Start | Run should open C:\WINDOWS\Temp

Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
will open
C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

And there are these paste any of them into Start | Run...
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temp
C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\Temp
C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Temp
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Temp

C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files
C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files
C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\Documents and Settings\NetworkService\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\
Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

That's a lot of temp files to look into. Thanks!