Cleaning Out Temporary Files

[Jack Gillis]

I am trying to clean up my HD's and find many files with a .tmp extension.
I understand they can be removed with no problem. Am I correct?

Thank you.

 

[Alias]

I am trying to clean up my HD's and find many files with a .tmp extension.
I understand they can be removed with no problem. Am I correct?

Thank you.

Yes, but I would recommend that you download and install Crap Cleaner
from http://www.ccleaner.com/ It's an excellent tool to clean out all
the crap that XP accumulates. I run it first thing after I boot up in
the morning. It has a feature to not delete cookies you may want to save
for log in purposes, etc.

Alias

 

[TaurArian]

Why not use use disk clean up. It's safer.

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|I am trying to clean up my HD's and find many files with a .tmp extension.
| I understand they can be removed with no problem. Am I correct?
|
| Thank you.
|
|

 

[Alias]

Why not use use disk clean up. It's safer.

Compared to Crap Cleaner, it's pretty lame.

Alias

 

[TaurArian]

| TaurArian wrote:
| > Why not use use disk clean up. It's safer.
| >
|
| Compared to Crap Cleaner, it's pretty lame.
|
| Alias

Yes, I agree Alias, but disk cleanup is certainly safer for the novice user.

K

 

[Jack Gillis]

Thank you. I did run Disk Clean up but it didn't get rid of them.

 

[Jack Gillis]

Thank you. I forgot that I had Crap Cleaner already installed. It's hell
to get old

 

[Alias]

Thank you. I forgot that I had Crap Cleaner already installed. It's hell
to get old

It beats the alternative ;-)

Alias

 

[Alias]

| TaurArian wrote:
| > Why not use use disk clean up. It's safer.
| >
|
| Compared to Crap Cleaner, it's pretty lame.
|
| Alias

Yes, I agree Alias, but disk cleanup is certainly safer for the novice user.

K

I never had any problem with it being unsafe.

Alias

 

[Alias]

Thank you. I forgot that I had Crap Cleaner already installed. It's hell
to get old

You might want to check to see if Crap Cleaner has an update. Be sure to
untick the Yahoo Tool Bar that it offers during the install.

Alias

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

Thank you. I did run Disk Clean up but it didn't get rid of them.

It may not get rid of some temp files because some may still be in use..


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[TaurArian]

| TaurArian wrote:
| > | > | TaurArian wrote:
| > | > Why not use use disk clean up. It's safer.
| > | >
| > |
| > | Compared to Crap Cleaner, it's pretty lame.
| > |
| > | Alias
| >
| > Yes, I agree Alias, but disk cleanup is certainly safer for the novice user.
| >
| > K
| >
| >
|
| I never had any problem with it being unsafe.
|
| Alias

Hi Alias, CCleaner has it's uses and I frequently use it myself but with caution. It is
the only one I use.
I just don't recommend it to what I believe is a novice user. But everyone has their own
opinion and there will always be debates about registry cleaners and the usefulness of
them. So for the benefit of others who may wish to read this:-

Think your Registry needs "cleaning"? Read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
and draw your own conclusions.

K

 

[Alias]

| TaurArian wrote:
| > | > | TaurArian wrote:
| > | > Why not use use disk clean up. It's safer.
| > | >
| > |
| > | Compared to Crap Cleaner, it's pretty lame.
| > |
| > | Alias
| >
| > Yes, I agree Alias, but disk cleanup is certainly safer for the novice user.
| >
| > K
| >
| >
|
| I never had any problem with it being unsafe.
|
| Alias

Hi Alias, CCleaner has it's uses and I frequently use it myself but with caution. It is
the only one I use.
I just don't recommend it to what I believe is a novice user. But everyone has their own
opinion and there will always be debates about registry cleaners and the usefulness of
them. So for the benefit of others who may wish to read this:-

Think your Registry needs "cleaning"? Read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
and draw your own conclusions.

K

Even though I have never had a problem using the Registry feature, I
thought we were talking about the Cleaner feature.

Alias

 

[Twayne]

Hi Alias, CCleaner has it's uses and I frequently use it myself but
with caution. It is the only one I use.
I just don't recommend it to what I believe is a novice user. But
everyone has their own opinion and there will always be debates about
registry cleaners and the usefulness of them. So for the benefit of
others who may wish to read this:-

Think your Registry needs "cleaning"? Read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099
and draw your own conclusions.

K

lol, get ready to be dazzled!

 

[nucleus]

i use ccleaner but found there is a problem. i use avg (antivirus)
and
if i run ccleaner within a few minutes after bootup, when avg is doing
its 3 minute thing, something is affected in IE6 and IE6 will often
not let
me access anything online.

 

[TaurArian]

Even though I have never had a problem using the Registry feature, I
thought we were talking about the Cleaner feature.

Alias

True, that's how this thread started but unfortunately human nature, folk
who read this most likely will play with the registry cleaning part also.

K

 

[Alias]

i use ccleaner but found there is a problem. i use avg (antivirus)
and
if i run ccleaner within a few minutes after bootup, when avg is doing
its 3 minute thing, something is affected in IE6 and IE6 will often
not let
me access anything online.

Switch to Avast. It never gives me problems with Crap Cleaner or
anything else for that matter. It, like AVG, is free. www.avast.com

BTW, IE6 is not very secure. Use IE7 or Firefox.

Alias

 

[Alias]

True, that's how this thread started but unfortunately human nature, folk
who read this most likely will play with the registry cleaning part also.

K

OK! To the OP: DON'T USE THE REGISTRY FEATURE!

Alias