User Profile Cleanup

[John Flynn]

I am using a roaming profile. I want to clean up files (old tmp files
etc) within my profile area. How can I do this safely? I would like to
run a single command rather than deleting individual files.

Also can someone explain this:-
1. My System Properties User profiles reports the size of my profile
as 131244 KB
2. The directory for my login under C:\Documents and Settings is 290
MB.

Why is there a difference?

Thanks,
J

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Delete everything you like in your temp folder - also might want to clean up
your IE cache (control panel, internet options, delete files).

The difference between 290MB and 131MB is not a great one. Aside from the
addition from registry entries, and other things stored in the profile
(including ntuser.dat) etc., the profile size sounds like it's being
accurately reported.

 

[John Flynn]

This seems like a lot of user interaction. What if you make a bad
judgement and remove an improtant file. I assume there is not a
commadn that can be run to clean things up for me?

What can be removed from the Application Data directory as this is
very large?

Generally, there is a lot tmp files - Why is this and what can I do
tostop this happening. I suppose it would be good to deal with the
cause of the problem i.e. what is generating these files, and try to
stop that.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
J