Cleaning out temp files

H

Homer J Simpson

How does one purge out the "C:\Documents and Settings\<User Name>\Local
Settings\Temp" directories? As they fill up, the system and many programs
(Outlook Express for one) get slower and slower. I used to do this in
Win98SE via a line in AUTOEXEC.BAT but I doubt that will work now.

N
 
M

Mak

make a batch.
example:

@echo off
if exist %temp%\nul (
cd /d %temp% & rd . /s /q
) else (
echo.
echo Temp is not defined or folder doesn't exist
echo.
pause
)
GOTO:EOF

be warned that some installations may leave files in TEMP in order to
continue their process after reboot
 
W

Wesley Vogel

Looks to me more complicated than it needs to be.

@echo off
del /q %tmp%

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
M

Mak

not so Wes, few lines in not complicated, besides, yours won't touch
subfolders and files with attributes, but ok, preference of taste.
 
W

Wesley Vogel

You definitely got me on subfolders.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
K

Ken Zhao [MSFT]

Hi All,

Thanks for all of your kindly suggestions!

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Partner Support
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| | > not so Wes, few lines in not complicated, besides, yours won't touch
| > subfolders and files with attributes, but ok, preference of taste.
| >
| > | >> Looks to me more complicated than it needs to be.
| >>
| >> @echo off
| >> del /q %tmp%
| >>
| >> --
| >> Hope this helps. Let us know.
| >>
| >> Wes
| >> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
| >>
| >> In | >> Mak <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
| >>> make a batch.
| >>> example:
| >>>
| >>> @echo off
| >>> if exist %temp%\nul (
| >>> cd /d %temp% & rd . /s /q
| >>> ) else (
| >>> echo.
| >>> echo Temp is not defined or folder doesn't exist
| >>> echo.
| >>> pause
| >>> )
| >>> GOTO:EOF
| >>>
| >>> be warned that some installations may leave files in TEMP in order to
| >>> continue their process after reboot
| >>>
| >>> | >>>> How does one purge out the "C:\Documents and Settings\<User
Name>\Local
| >>>> Settings\Temp" directories? As they fill up, the system and many
| >>>> programs
| >>>> (Outlook Express for one) get slower and slower. I used to do this in
| >>>> Win98SE via a line in AUTOEXEC.BAT but I doubt that will work now.
| >>>>
| >>>> N
| >>
| >
| >
|
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