Files In the Temp Folder

[Victor Warwick]

Hello -

Yesterday I deleted dozens of .temp files from my Temp Folder (being earlier
than September)
and stored them on a CD in the event they were needed later.
My question is about the XML Document Files, of which I have about 140 in
the Temp Folder
many of which are 691 KB in size. These are named IMT and followed by 2 or
3 numbers.
I would like to know if it would be OK to delete these without detriment as
they total an awful
lot of KB's.

Finally, in the Temp Folder there is a Windows Installer Package file
regarding Adobe Reader 7.0
sized 3207 KB, is this the correct location and should I leave it strictly
alone?

Would be grateful for any enlightenment!

Vic W

 

[Guest]

Provided you don't have any programs running that are using temporary files,
you are quite safe to clear the temp folder completely.

These files are of no use, other than that they are sometimes a handy way of
recovering a file that's been downloaded and run, but not saved.

The .msi is there because you downloaed Acrobat with a browser, and for
some reason it didn't get deleted when the browser was closed.

 

[AJR]

Victor - many programs, such as Word and Publisher, generate temp files
during use - at times, if the program is not closed properly the temp files
are not deleted as they would be normally.

 

[Guest]

Ple

 

[Guest]

Please help. Can anyone tell me how to save a document that no one else as
access too - for my eyes only and I would have to access it using a password?
thanks
Dee Wales
(e-mail address removed)

 

[James Silverton]

Hello, AJR!
You wrote on Sat, 9 Sep 2006 17:04:52 -0400:

A> ??>>
??>> Provided you don't have any programs running that are
??>> using temporary files, you are quite safe to clear the
??>> temp folder completely.
??>>
??>> These files are of no use, other than that they are
??>> sometimes a handy way of recovering a file that's been
??>> downloaded and run, but not saved.
??>> Victor - many programs, such as Word and Publisher,
generate temp files
during use - at times, if the program is not closed properly the
temp files
are not deleted as they would be normally.

??>> The .msi is there because you downloaed Acrobat with a
??>> browser, and for some reason it didn't get deleted when
??>> the browser was closed.
??>>

I was interested in this when I deleted temporary files as I do
from time to time. There were 190 meg, mostly temporary internet
files but also some attributed to Word. To the best of my
knowledge, I have never shut down any programs improperly so
where do these files come from? Can't the damned programs clean
things up when they exit?

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

 

[Victor Warwick]

This is to thank both Ian & AJR for their reply, it is appreciated

Over and Out

Regards Vic W

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Please help. Can anyone tell me how to save a document that no one else
as
access too - for my eyes only and I would have to access it using a
password?
thanks
Dee Wales
(e-mail address removed)

Not a good idea to piggyback questions like this.

If you're storing a document on a disk others have access to, they will
have or be able to gain access to the document. So, don't do that; store
it on a disk you take with you. USB key-drives are useful for this.
Also, clear the temporary folders when you're done.

You can also use encryption if you like and if it's available, but be
absolutely sure that you are aware of how the encryption works. For
example, if you encrypt a file on a USB key using XP Pro's encryption, and
then take that to another machine (or rebuild the source machine without
backing up the credentials), you aren't likely to be able to access it.
You must have the encryption app and credentials available.

HTH
-pk

 

[AJR]

James - I did mention proper closing of programs - in addition temp files
can be created when, for example using Word, you have open, and are working
on, several different documents.
Do the following to check your temp file situation: Start>Run>%temp% >OK.

 

[James Silverton]

James - I did mention proper closing of programs - in addition
temp files can be created when, for example using Word, you
have open, and are working on, several different documents.
Do the following to check your temp file situation:
Start>Run>%temp% >OK.

I did not know about that, thanks! There is already an amazing
amount of junk just a few hours after clean up. I still don't
know why programs should not do their own clean-up since, as I
said, I thought I always exited programs properly.