Deleting Downloaded Files

[Guest]

My roommate downloads several 1 or 2 MB movies every day on my computer. When
I get home from work every day, I go in and delete all of these "movies" from
the folder: "Documents and Settings/JuanG/Local Settings/Temp." However, even
though I delete all of these files and then empty my Recycle Bin, the amount
of "Disk Free Space" keeps going down. Are there other files that I need to
delete when I clean out these movies? I am running Windows2000 Professional
Edition, with Internet Explorer 6.

 

[oops!!]

Try a cleanup with CCleaner:

www.ccleaner.com

Download and install it.

Start CCleaner and under "Cleaner" tick/select all options, then click the
"Run Cleaner" button and reboot when finished.

Test.

Zee

 

[Ted Zieglar]

The spyware, adware, virus, etc. files that come with these downloads.

Better yet, make your roommate pay for the cost of cleaning up your
computer.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

They are probably still in the user's Temporary Internet Files folder:

Safely Delete the Temporary Internet Files
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Careful with the options of CCleaner before running it - it can delete the
uninstall/reinstall info on programs that you might need later.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for this suggestion. I just ran ccleaner, and my available disk
space rose 50%!!

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your suggestion. I tried this, and it did free up some disk
space for me.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your response.

The spyware, adware, virus, etc. files that come with these downloads.

Better yet, make your roommate pay for the cost of cleaning up your
computer.

 

[oops!!]

Juan,

That was great!

Zee

Thank you for this suggestion. I just ran ccleaner, and my available disk
space rose 50%!!