TEMP FOLDER QUESTION

[KIERAN]

is it safe to delete everthing out of my temp folder......?

 

[dev]

KIERAN said:

Is it safe to delete everything out of my temp folder......?

Reboot first, then delete to the RECYCLE BIN, where files can be restored
if needed. Later, empty the BIN. Files currently in use cannot be deleted.

 

[Mike Brearley]

Yep... I'd do it right after booting up (or rebooting). You may run into
files that can't be deleted in there, that's why I prefer to use the
deltree.exe command that was part of Windows 9x. I just go to the temp
directory in a DOS window, and type in 'deltree.exe /y .' It can be a
dangerous command though if it's not used properly, I think that's why MS
never included it with the NT line of OS's.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley

 

[David Candy]

NT's eq is rd /s

Yep... I'd do it right after booting up (or rebooting). You may run into
files that can't be deleted in there, that's why I prefer to use the
deltree.exe command that was part of Windows 9x. I just go to the temp
directory in a DOS window, and type in 'deltree.exe /y .' It can be a
dangerous command though if it's not used properly, I think that's why MS
never included it with the NT line of OS's.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley

 

[David Candy]

Deltree is smarter though.

Yep... I'd do it right after booting up (or rebooting). You may run into
files that can't be deleted in there, that's why I prefer to use the
deltree.exe command that was part of Windows 9x. I just go to the temp
directory in a DOS window, and type in 'deltree.exe /y .' It can be a
dangerous command though if it's not used properly, I think that's why MS
never included it with the NT line of OS's.

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley

 

[Mike Brearley]

wow... after all these years, you'd think I would have typed 'rd /?' in the
command prompt at least once. LOL

--
Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
lack of caffeine.

Mike Brearley


NT's eq is rd /s

 

[Ken Blake]

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is it safe to delete everthing out of my temp folder......?

Yes, they can, and should be, deleted periodically. You can
safely delete anything except those in use, but since Windows
won't let you delete a file in use, it's safe to try to delete
them all.

Just don't delete them automatically as soon as you boot. That
can screw up program installations that work in two steps--the
first step ending by saving temp files and rebooting; the second
step needing to find those temp files when the boot completes.