Cleaning hardisk space in temp folder

[Edward Low]

Hi All,

In my c:\documents and settings\username\local settings\temp folder, it use
up a lot of hardisk space, more than 500MB. What are stored inside? can i
remove all of them from the folder?

Thanks,

Edward

 

[Brian A]

You can delete everything in that folder Except files that are in use. Click once
in the right pane, then press ctrl+a which will select all of the folders/files.
Press delete on the keyboard. If it comes to a pause then you know a file is in use,
wait a second and it will let you know. Before clicking OK on the popup message take
note of the file name. Press ctrl and click the file to exclude it from the
deletion. Press delete again to continue.

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[Shenan Stanley]

In my c:\documents and settings\username\local settings\temp
folder, it use up a lot of hardisk space, more than 500MB. What are
stored inside? can i remove all of them from the folder?

Yes.

If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can delete the
uninstall files for the patches that Windows XP has installed..

http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm


Do you have hidden and system files visible?
How's your system restore settings?
Used Disk Cleanup?
Is hibernate turned on and do you use that feature?
Uninstalled unnecessary applications lately?
Moved things to external media?

Other ways to free up space..

SequoiaView
http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/

DX Hog Hunt
http://www.dvxp.com/en/Downloads.aspx

JDiskReport
http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/jdiskreport/index.html

Those can help you visually discover where all the space is being used.

You can use an application that scans your system for log files and
temporary files and use that to get rid of those:

Ccleaner (Free!)
http://www.ccleaner.com/

You can run Disk Cleanup - built into Windows XP - to erase all but yuor
latest restore point and cleanup even more "loose files"..

How to use Disk Cleanup
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

You can turn off hibernation if it is on and you don't use it..

When you hibernate your computer, Windows saves the contents of the system's
memory to the hiberfil.sys file. As a result, the size of the hiberfil.sys
file will always equal the amount of physical memory in your system. If you
don't use the hibernate feature and want to recapture the space that Windows
uses for the hiberfil.sys file, perform the following steps:

- Start the Control Panel Power Options applet (go to Start, Settings,
Control Panel, and click Power Options).
- Select the Hibernate tab, clear the "Enable hibernation" check box, then
click OK; although you might think otherwise, selecting Never under the
"System hibernates" option on the Power Schemes tab doesn't delete the
hiberfil.sys file.
- Windows will remove the "System hibernates" option from the Power Schemes
tab and delete the hiberfil.sys file.

You can control how much space your System Restore can use...

1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
2. Click the System Restore tab.
3. Highlight one of your drives (or C: if you only have one) and click on
the "Settings" button.
4. Change the percentage of disk space you wish to allow.. I suggest 5% or
higher.
5. Click OK.. Then Click OK again.

You can control how much space your Temporary Internet Files can utilize...

Empty your Temporary Internet Files and shrink the size it stores to a
size between 128MB and 512MB..

- Open ONE copy of Internet Explorer.
- Select TOOLS -> Internet Options.
- Under the General tab in the "Temporary Internet Files" section, do the
following:
- Click on "Delete Cookies" (click OK)
- Click on "Settings" and change the "Amount of disk space to use:" to
something between 128MB and 512MB. (Betting it is MUCH larger right
now.)
- Click OK.
- Click on "Delete Files" and select to "Delete all offline contents"
(the checkbox) and click OK. (If you had a LOT, this could take 2-10
minutes or more.)
- Once it is done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, re-open Internet
Explorer.

 

[Ayush]

Yes and regularly. You will get messages like :
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Cannot delete xxxxxxxx: It is being used by another person or program.
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So to delete them easily, use Command Prompt :
del "%userprofile%\Local settings\Temp\*.*" /Q



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[Guest]

Hi All,

In my c:\documents and settings\username\local settings\temp folder, it use
up a lot of hardisk space, more than 500MB. What are stored inside? can i
remove all of them from the folder?

Thanks,

Edward