can this temp directory be deleted

[Guillermo Scharffenorth]

Hello,

Could someone tell me if on windows xp sp 2 the files in the following
folder can be safely deleted?

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

Thanks so much,

Guillermo

 

[Dave Patrick]

With no applications and or installs running and after restart, you can
delete the files from the %temp% directory but not the directory itself.

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| Hello,
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| Could someone tell me if on windows xp sp 2 the files in the following
| folder can be safely deleted?
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| C:\Documents and Settings\name_of_user\Local Settings\Temp
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| Thanks so much,
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| Guillermo
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[Kerry Brown]

Hello,

Could someone tell me if on windows xp sp 2 the files in the following
folder can be safely deleted?

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

Thanks so much,

Guillermo

Yes. If you are logged on as that user there may be some files that can't be
deleted. You may have to log on as a different user with administrator
permissions to delete all the files. You can also use the Disk Cleanup in
System Tools to delete these files.

Kerry

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Could someone tell me if on windows xp sp 2 the files in the following
folder can be safely deleted?

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

Yes, they can, and should be, deleted periodically.

The temp folder provides workspace for programs. Programs can create
temporary files there for their own temporary use. Each program should
delete all its temporary files when it closes, but for various reasons it
doesn't always happen (for example, if the program crashes, it never gets to
do this). That's why it's a good idea to periodically clean out anything
left there.

Also note that there are some program installations which work in two steps.
The first step concludes by writing temporary files and rebooting. The
second step starts automatically after rebooting and needs to find those
files there (and then deletes them when it's done).

Other than doing it automatically when rebooting (that would interfere with
installations like the kind I described), it's always safe to delete the
contents of the temp folder. Because it's safe to delete any temp files that
aren't open and in use by an application, and since Windows won't let you
delete open files, it's safe to (try to) delete them at any time. If any
fail to delete because they're open, they'll either be deleted automatically
when the app using them closes, or you'll get them the next time you delete
manually.

 

[Plato]

Could someone tell me if on windows xp sp 2 the files in the following
folder can be safely deleted?

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

YEp, delete them. No problem. In fact, one should delete the contents of
temp folders now and then for best results.