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10-29-2003, 06:38 PM
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Safe to Delete Everything in TEMP
Is it safe to remove everything in the temp folder ?
I don't want to cause any system errors. I just want to free up some space!
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10-29-2003, 06:41 PM
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I would normally say yes, but it depends which temp folder your refering too |
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10-30-2003, 02:19 PM
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The Temp File in
Local Settings/Temp |
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10-30-2003, 02:36 PM
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I generally delete everything and so far I have had no problems. Just make sure you don't delete anything when you are in the middle of something like installing a program.
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10-30-2003, 03:06 PM
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The general rule is delete anything older than 24 hours. I`ve been deleting every (meaning disregard the 24 hour rule) *.tmp and ~*.* file for the last few years and have never once had a problem with any W9x\NT system yet.
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10-30-2003, 03:19 PM
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Well, Then I'm going to delete everything in my Temp Then!
If anything happens I'm Suing You guys! JK |
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10-30-2003, 06:06 PM
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i have delete temp.files when browser is closed checked,thats in r click ie then advanced.
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10-31-2003, 02:32 PM
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Great!
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11-01-2003, 01:07 AM
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~*.* files
KHT,
What does the ~ mean when it is the first character in a file name? I have noticed that it is mostly present in tmp files. |
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11-01-2003, 08:18 AM
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If you have concerns or worry about deleting the temp dirs, then you can copy / move the files to another location for safe keeping for a week or so. If nothing asks for a missing file (and it shouldn't), then you can delete them.
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11-01-2003, 12:49 PM
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Two Rails has an excellent suggestion for when in doubt about deleting files. I use that exact method of moving *.dll files after I clean up from an app uninstall. If a program generates an error looking for a certain .dll, it most likely is in the directory I moved it to. If after a week or so I get no error messages, like Two Rails said, I delete the directory.
The tilde ~ has various uses but usually refers to .tmp files. MS Office and Word use them alot as well as address book backups. This search crieria [~*.*, *~.*, *.??~] turned up these results on my machine. keith.wa~, ~rjbtemp0, ~rptemp0, rox.wa~. The two ending in .wa~ are address book backups and I don`t delete those. The ones starting with ~ are temp folders used by Real Player. Those I deleted. I`ve read of one account of some 6000+ temp files found on a machine that was never cleaned up. The most I ever found was like 200 or so. |
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11-01-2003, 01:35 PM
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Is it safe to delete the TEMP files in the windows/temp folder also?
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11-02-2003, 02:19 AM
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11-02-2003, 09:23 PM
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Thanks for the Facts!
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