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Dave Cason

Ahhhh!

I have spent 3 hours now trying to figgure out how to get
rid of 56,788 files at about 4.3 GIG's worth of space in my
users temp folder!!

C:\Documents & Setttings\Dave\Local Setttings\Temp

Windows Explorer barfs each and every time I try to delete
even one file !!

PLEASE HELP !!!!!

Cheers'
Dave
 
You got a likely reason in another newsgroup. (The deletion process stops if
a .tmp file is in use by a program).

A way to assist in deleting is this: In your temp folder, click on the date
column and order from latest to oldest. Leave any with the current date
alone but highlight all the rest and then try the deletion.
 
| "Dave Cason" http://www.microsoft.com/communities/privacy.mspx
| wrote in message | Ahhhh!
|
| I have spent 3 hours now trying to figgure out how to get
| rid of 56,788 files at about 4.3 GIG's worth of space in my
| users temp folder!!
|
| C:\Documents & Setttings\Dave\Local Setttings\Temp
|
| Windows Explorer barfs each and every time I try to delete
| even one file !!
|
| PLEASE HELP !!!!!

Instead of trying to delete them using Windows Explorer, try
deleting them using Command Interpreter (cmd.exe). For syntax,
parameters, and remarks about the Del command search the Windows
XP Help and Support Center for the phrase "Command-line
reference A-Z" (without the quotes), select the topic, then
scroll down and click the Del hyperlink.

For a fast way to del all files in that directory click Start,
click Run, type the following command and click OK:

CMD /K %USERPROFILE% & CD LOCALS~1\Temp & DEL *.*

Then, when prompted with the message: "All files in directory
will be deleted! Are you sure (Y/N)?", press Y and then ENTER.

Note: If you receive a message similar to the following...

The process cannot access the file because it is being used by
another process.
C:\Documents and Settings\Carrie\LOCALS~1\Temp\~DF9415.tmp
Access is denied.

Then... reboot and immediately try deleting them using cmd.exe
 
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