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All of the sudden, I can't get Excell to open. One person said to delete the contents of "C:/ Windows/temp". When I try that the system says that I should not delete a sub-folder called "Temporay Internet Files". I note that I have a folder with that identical name at the same level as the Temp folder. What are the risks of deleting all of Windows/temp? What do I lose?
 
I've always ignored those warnings.

I figured if something was nutty enough to write something important to that
folder, it deserves what it gets <bg>. But I've heard rumors that some people
store important documents in that folder. If you do that, then be careful--and
stop doing that.

For the Temporary internet files stuff, my bet is that it isn't used--the
sibling to temp is used.

But you could verify that by looking at some of the dates of some of the files
in each of those folders.

In fact, you can clean the real one by opening Internet explorer, then
Tools|Internet options.

On the General Tab, there's a Delete Files button.

Click it and see which one gets cleaned up.
 
Bob,

In addition to the advice that Dave gave you, if you still have
trouble opening up Excel, take a look here for some help:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/StartupErrors.htm

John

Bob Hardin said:
All of the sudden, I can't get Excell to open. One person said to delete
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the contents of "C:/ Windows/temp". When I try that the system says that I
should not delete a sub-folder called "Temporay Internet Files". I note
that I have a folder with that identical name at the same level as the Temp
folder. What are the risks of deleting all of Windows/temp? What do I
lose?
 
Dave,

I used to have a batch file trash the temp folder at Windows startup. But
some installation programs put stuff there that they need after a restart,
so that wasn't such a good idea. Now I run it from time to time when
nothing's going on.

I think you can actually trash any and all of the temp folders, including
the folders themselves, if you wish. Windows just rebuilds them when
needed, and fills them up with more stuff.

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Earl Kiosterud
mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net
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Dave Peterson said:
I've always ignored those warnings.

I figured if something was nutty enough to write something important to that
folder, it deserves what it gets <bg>. But I've heard rumors that some people
store important documents in that folder. If you do that, then be careful--and
stop doing that.

For the Temporary internet files stuff, my bet is that it isn't used--the
sibling to temp is used.

But you could verify that by looking at some of the dates of some of the files
in each of those folders.

In fact, you can clean the real one by opening Internet explorer, then
Tools|Internet options.

On the General Tab, there's a Delete Files button.

Click it and see which one gets cleaned up.
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delete the contents of "C:/ Windows/temp". When I try that the system says
that I should not delete a sub-folder called "Temporay Internet Files". I
note that I have a folder with that identical name at the same level as the
Temp folder. What are the risks of deleting all of Windows/temp? What do
I lose?
 
I don't clean the temp folder when I'm installing stuff either. I usually run
my delete script right after I turn the pc on or right before I turn it off.

(and when I know that I'm not installing anything and when I'm bored and...)
 
One of the usual culprits for this was the *.xlb file which is the toolbar
customisation file. It can get bloated and stop Excel opening. You can search
for it and delete it and then restart Excel and it will simply build a new one.
Obviously you lose any customisations on your toolbar, but at the moment that's
not a problem anyway :-)

--
Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 00/02/03

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Bob Hardin said:
All of the sudden, I can't get Excell to open. One person said to delete the
Click to expand...
contents of "C:/ Windows/temp". When I try that the system says that I should
not delete a sub-folder called "Temporay Internet Files". I note that I have a
folder with that identical name at the same level as the Temp folder. What are
the risks of deleting all of Windows/temp? What do I lose?
 
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