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Jack
In Win XP, is it OK to delete everything in the Temp folder under
...\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp?
Jack
...\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp?
Jack
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Rob Barbour
Yes.
I'd suggest closing all programs before attempting to delete everything
since programs do write temp files there.
If you get a message that a file can't be deleted, that means it's in use
and you need to select all files again (Ctrl-A), release the keys, press
Ctrl, left-click the file that can't be deleted (deselects it), and then
press your Del key.
I'd suggest closing all programs before attempting to delete everything
since programs do write temp files there.
If you get a message that a file can't be deleted, that means it's in use
and you need to select all files again (Ctrl-A), release the keys, press
Ctrl, left-click the file that can't be deleted (deselects it), and then
press your Del key.
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Alias
| In Win XP, is it OK to delete everything in the Temp folder under
| ..\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp?
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| Jack
Do a reboot first. If you shouldn't delete something in there, it won't let
you.
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Jack
| In Win XP, is it OK to delete everything in the Temp folder under
| ..\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp?
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| Jack
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| In Win XP, is it OK to delete everything in the Temp folder under
| ..\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp?
|
| Jack
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Jack
Is it also OK to delete everything in the Temp folder under
...\Documents and Settings\DEFAULT USER\Local Settings\Temp?
and
also OK to delete everything in the Temp folder under
...\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temp?
Jack
| In Win XP, is it OK to delete everything in the Temp folder under
| ..\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp?
|
| Jack
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...\Documents and Settings\DEFAULT USER\Local Settings\Temp?
and
also OK to delete everything in the Temp folder under
...\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Temp?
Jack
| In Win XP, is it OK to delete everything in the Temp folder under
| ..\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp?
|
| Jack
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Ken Blake
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Yes, they can, and should be, deleted periodically. The temp
folder provides workspace for programs. Programs can create
temporary files there for their own temporary use. Each program
should delete all its temporary files when it closes, but for
various reasons it doesn't always happen (for example, if the
program crashes, it never gets to do this). That's why it's a
good idea to periodically clean out anything left there.
Also note that there are some program installations which work in
two steps. The first step concludes by writing temporary files
and rebooting. The second step starts automatically after
rebooting and needs to find those files there (and then deletes
them when it's done).
Other than doing it automatically when rebooting (that would
interfere with installations like the kind I described), it's
always safe to delete the contents of the temp folder. Because
it's safe to delete any temp files that aren't open and in use by
an application, and since Windows won't let you delete open
files, it's safe to (try to) delete them at any time. If any fail
to delete because they're open, they'll either be deleted
automatically when the app using them closes, or you'll get them
next time.
Jack said:In Win XP, is it OK to delete everything in the Temp folder
under
..\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp?
Yes, they can, and should be, deleted periodically. The temp
folder provides workspace for programs. Programs can create
temporary files there for their own temporary use. Each program
should delete all its temporary files when it closes, but for
various reasons it doesn't always happen (for example, if the
program crashes, it never gets to do this). That's why it's a
good idea to periodically clean out anything left there.
Also note that there are some program installations which work in
two steps. The first step concludes by writing temporary files
and rebooting. The second step starts automatically after
rebooting and needs to find those files there (and then deletes
them when it's done).
Other than doing it automatically when rebooting (that would
interfere with installations like the kind I described), it's
always safe to delete the contents of the temp folder. Because
it's safe to delete any temp files that aren't open and in use by
an application, and since Windows won't let you delete open
files, it's safe to (try to) delete them at any time. If any fail
to delete because they're open, they'll either be deleted
automatically when the app using them closes, or you'll get them
next time.
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Jack
Ken,
Is that also true for all files in the TIF folder?
Jack
In
Yes, they can, and should be, deleted periodically. The temp
folder provides workspace for programs. Programs can create
temporary files there for their own temporary use. Each program
should delete all its temporary files when it closes, but for
various reasons it doesn't always happen (for example, if the
program crashes, it never gets to do this). That's why it's a
good idea to periodically clean out anything left there.
Also note that there are some program installations which work in
two steps. The first step concludes by writing temporary files
and rebooting. The second step starts automatically after
rebooting and needs to find those files there (and then deletes
them when it's done).
Other than doing it automatically when rebooting (that would
interfere with installations like the kind I described), it's
always safe to delete the contents of the temp folder. Because
it's safe to delete any temp files that aren't open and in use by
an application, and since Windows won't let you delete open
files, it's safe to (try to) delete them at any time. If any fail
to delete because they're open, they'll either be deleted
automatically when the app using them closes, or you'll get them
next time.
Is that also true for all files in the TIF folder?
Jack
In
Jack said:In Win XP, is it OK to delete everything in the Temp folder
under
..\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp?
Yes, they can, and should be, deleted periodically. The temp
folder provides workspace for programs. Programs can create
temporary files there for their own temporary use. Each program
should delete all its temporary files when it closes, but for
various reasons it doesn't always happen (for example, if the
program crashes, it never gets to do this). That's why it's a
good idea to periodically clean out anything left there.
Also note that there are some program installations which work in
two steps. The first step concludes by writing temporary files
and rebooting. The second step starts automatically after
rebooting and needs to find those files there (and then deletes
them when it's done).
Other than doing it automatically when rebooting (that would
interfere with installations like the kind I described), it's
always safe to delete the contents of the temp folder. Because
it's safe to delete any temp files that aren't open and in use by
an application, and since Windows won't let you delete open
files, it's safe to (try to) delete them at any time. If any fail
to delete because they're open, they'll either be deleted
automatically when the app using them closes, or you'll get them
next time.
K
Ken Blake
In
Yes, it's safe to delete those too.
Jack said:Ken,
Is that also true for all files in the TIF folder?
Yes, it's safe to delete those too.
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Alex Nichol
Jack said:In Win XP, is it OK to delete everything in the Temp folder under
..\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp?
Yes. Do it straight after a normal boot, before any program might have
started to put files there
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