Disk Cleanup

[MarkC]

XP Pro SP2:

When I go to disk properties, on the General Tab there is a Disk Cleanup
button. I click on it and Disk Cleanup scans the drive which has a few
options that you can turn on/off depending on what you want cleaned-up. I
have Temporary Files checked. But for sometime now I always see 0 (zero)
displayed for the disk space it takes up. I viewed the Temporary folder
(the one in the Documents and Setting / (name_of_user) Local Settings / Temp
which have a lot of files stored there. What is this disk cleanup utility
looking for in the temporary folder to be on the cleanup list? Also is it
just files with the .tmp extension or all file types in the TEMP folder?

Thanks,

Mark C

 

[Wesley Vogel]

[[Programs sometimes store temporary information in a Temp folder. Before a
program quits, the program usually deletes this information. You can safely
delete temporary files that have not been modified in over a week.]]

7 days is the key here.

All file types.

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315246

 

[MarkC]

Thanks for the reply Wesley, I will look into these URL's..
Mark

[[Programs sometimes store temporary information in a Temp folder. Before
a
program quits, the program usually deletes this information. You can
safely
delete temporary files that have not been modified in over a week.]]

7 days is the key here.

All file types.

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315246

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

XP Pro SP2:

When I go to disk properties, on the General Tab there is a Disk
Cleanup button. I click on it and Disk Cleanup scans the drive which
has a few options that you can turn on/off depending on what you want
cleaned-up. I have Temporary Files checked. But for sometime now I
always see 0 (zero) displayed for the disk space it takes up. I
viewed the Temporary folder (the one in the Documents and Setting /
(name_of_user) Local Settings / Temp which have a lot of files stored
there. What is this disk cleanup utility looking for in the
temporary folder to be on the cleanup list? Also is it just files
with the .tmp extension or all file types in the TEMP folder?

Thanks,

Mark C

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Mark,

Keep having fun!


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

Thanks for the reply Wesley, I will look into these URL's..
Mark

[[Programs sometimes store temporary information in a Temp folder.
Before a
program quits, the program usually deletes this information. You can
safely
delete temporary files that have not been modified in over a week.]]

7 days is the key here.

All file types.

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315246

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In

XP Pro SP2:

When I go to disk properties, on the General Tab there is a Disk
Cleanup button. I click on it and Disk Cleanup scans the drive
which has a few options that you can turn on/off depending on what
you want cleaned-up. I have Temporary Files checked. But for
sometime now I always see 0 (zero) displayed for the disk space it
takes up. I viewed the Temporary folder (the one in the Documents
and Setting / (name_of_user) Local Settings / Temp which have a lot
of files stored there. What is this disk cleanup utility looking
for in the temporary folder to be on the cleanup list? Also is it
just files with the .tmp extension or all file types in the TEMP
folder?

Thanks,

Mark C