Cleanup question

[Guest]

Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about
Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using
cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder
displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of
junk in there?

 

[Guest]

not sure what you
are referring to. however
keeping your system clean
from clutter is beneficial.

you can run cleanmgr from
the run command line or
you can use software like
ccleaner or even this:

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm

however, there are many
more available....
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[Plato]

Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about
Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using
cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder
displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of
junk in there?

Try ccleanup:

http://www.ccleaner.com/download/downloadpage.aspx?1

 

[JS]

Disk Cleanup Tool May Not Delete Temporary Files:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261897

Forcing Windows XP's Disk Cleanup to delete all temporary files
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877_11-6168868.html

JS

 

[Clark]

Try ccleanup:

http://www.ccleaner.com/download/downloadpage.aspx?1

I second the vote for CrapCleaner!!

Clark

 

[Vanguard]

in message

Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget
about
Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using
cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this
folder
displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about
5mb of
junk in there?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246/en-us

I add an event in task scheduler to do the cleanup once per week during
the early morning.

 

[JS]

Three votes for CCleaner as a tool to remove Internet history info, cookies,
temp files, auto complete and other junk.
In the 'Windows' tab listing check the item types you want deleted.
Also available is customization, see Options/Custom to add any
other/additional folders you want files deleted from.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

JS

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

This is because Disk Cleanup does not count files that have been modified/accessed in the last 7 days. You can change the setting though. See:

Alter the "LastAccess" value for cleaning the Temporary files using Disk Cleanup utility:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cleantemp.htm

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about
Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using
cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder
displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of
junk in there?

 

[Curt Christianson]

Ramesh,

"Last Access" tip is great--thanks !

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HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
www.aumha.org
Practically Nerded,...
http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

This is because Disk Cleanup does not count files that have been
modified/accessed in the last 7 days. You can change the setting though.
See:

Alter the "LastAccess" value for cleaning the Temporary files using Disk
Cleanup utility:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cleantemp.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about
Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using
cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder
displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of
junk in there?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You've very welcome, Curt.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh,

"Last Access" tip is great--thanks !

--
HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
www.aumha.org
Practically Nerded,...
http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

This is because Disk Cleanup does not count files that have been
modified/accessed in the last 7 days. You can change the setting though.
See:

Alter the "LastAccess" value for cleaning the Temporary files using Disk
Cleanup utility:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cleantemp.htm

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about
Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using
cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder
displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of
junk in there?