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08-01-2004, 01:04 AM
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Windows temp folder, what is it used for?
What is the windows temp folder (not temp internet files folder) used for? It is located a C:/Windows/temp. Is it safe to delete the contents of it?
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08-01-2004, 01:07 AM
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When programs run they create tempory files, and they go into the temp folder. If you use disk cleanup it will delete them for you, and I have never had a problem with deleting my temp files directly.
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08-01-2004, 01:51 PM
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I did a search and it seems that it is safe to just delete everything in the folder, so I did so last night. Disk Cleanup says that it is safe to delete ones that have no been modified in over a week, but I really don’t see the harm in just dumping the whole thing out. I mean they are temporary files and no program should be using them to run.
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08-02-2004, 09:54 PM
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I just do a del *.* in a command prompt. If there are programs who use some of these files, they won't be deleted anyway, while Windows Explorer might stop at the first file in use it finds...
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