On 11/2/2007 11:11 AM On a whim, GusGus pounded out on the keyboard
I have Windows XP Home Edition, SP2. In C:\Documents & Settings\My Name\Local
Settings\Temp, I have 337 MBs of files in the Temp files. Can I get rid of
all of these files, or could there be something important in there? While I’m
asking… What is the difference between “Temp†files and .tmp files?
GusGus
Hi Gus,
You can get rid of those files. Click on the folder in the left pane,
press Ctrl-A to select all and hold down Shift and press the delete key.
Any files in use will not be deleted, and the process ends, so then
you can select more by date, leaving the most current ones that are most
likely the ones in use.
Temp is the folder. *.tmp files are the files created by programs for
temporary use. There are two variables, temp & tmp.
I always create a batch file on all client machines that runs in the
Startup folder that cleans out the temp folders. I like Deltree.exe, a
utility on Win9x machines that works fine in NT/w2k/xp (you can find in
online by Googling for it). You can also use something like this in a
batch file and put a shortcut to it in your Startup folder:
rd /s/q %temp%\
md %temp%\
rd /s/q %systemroot%\temp
md %systemroot%\temp
The DEL command doesn't work as well as it should. It will remove
files, even files within subdirectories, but won't remove the
subdirectories themselves. If you don't mind having a lot of empty
folders you can use that instead. I like using DELTREE because it
doesn't remove the folder, just the contents. But as fast as all that
happens, it's not really an issue.
--
Terry R.
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