Re: temp files

How can I view temporary files? If I just delete them all
will I lose stuff I want to keep? There are 6 gigs of
compressed old files which were temp files yesterday.
Thanks,
J

Do you mean Temp files, or Temp Internet Files? Your temp directory only
stores files that are used for installing programs and put in by different
programs when you are working with data.

Your Temp Internet Files just contact all the images and contact on the web
pages you visit. You can delete all of them without a problem.

Now if you mean Cookies that store your user name and passwords for sites,
along with your preferences you can keep them. They are not taking up much
space at all.

"capt1jay" <capt1jay@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> How can I view temporary files? If I just delete them all
> will I lose stuff I want to keep? There are 6 gigs of
> compressed old files which were temp files yesterday.
> Thanks,
> J

When I looked in my: Documents and Settings\(User)\Local
Settings\Temp
folder it contains almost 5 GB of files & folders. Can I
delete these files?

>-----Original Message-----
>
>When I looked in my: Documents and Settings\(User)\Local
>Settings\Temp
>folder it contains almost 5 GB of files & folders. Can I
>delete these files?
>.
>If the file has a .tmp attached to the end you can

delete these files safely.

Are any files stored in the C:\Documents and
Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Temp folder safe to
delete? I'm guessing they're just left over from various
installations, but could any of them still be needed? I'm
just asking because they're taking up about 600MB, so
obviously I'd rather delete them if they're not
important. Thanks.

>-----Original Message-----
>Are any files stored in the C:\Documents and
>Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Temp folder safe to
>delete? I'm guessing they're just left over from various
>installations, but could any of them still be needed?

I'm

>just asking because they're taking up about 600MB, so
>obviously I'd rather delete them if they're not
>important. Thanks.
>.
>yes you can safely deleate them they stay there to load

faster if you ever revisit the sites that are stored
there.there good if you have dialup or a relly slow
connection ,you can adjust the settings for this by
opening your--internet explorer-- tools--internet options-
-settings--either move the slider or type in a # between
20 MB. to 80 MB. would be good.your settings at 600MB.
thats quit high for me I like mine at 50Mb.

This answer isn't even close to correct. The temp folder George asked about
contain temp files used by windows applications. Internet explorer uses its
own temp directories for caches & cookies. > 99% of the time you can delete
the C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Temp folder without
harm. However, if you've just recently installed a new app or update to an
app or driver, first reboot, then go to the temp folder and then delete the
file(s). This is because a) occasionally a file will remain in memory, and
even though you think you've closed all open apps, one still retains write
privileges to it. b) Also occasionally, as mentioned about recent installs,
some files will remain in the temp directory and are scheduled to be
installed during the boot process following the forced reboot. If you wipe
the temp directory, you will then have problems with the just installed app
because not all new files will have been properly installed.


<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>

> >-----Original Message-----
> >Are any files stored in the C:\Documents and
> >Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Temp folder safe to
> >delete? I'm guessing they're just left over from various
> >installations, but could any of them still be needed?

> I'm

> >just asking because they're taking up about 600MB, so
> >obviously I'd rather delete them if they're not
> >important. Thanks.
> >.
> >yes you can safely deleate them they stay there to load

> faster if you ever revisit the sites that are stored
> there.there good if you have dialup or a relly slow
> connection ,you can adjust the settings for this by
> opening your--internet explorer-- tools--internet options-
> -settings--either move the slider or type in a # between
> 20 MB. to 80 MB. would be good.your settings at 600MB.
> thats quit high for me I like mine at 50Mb.

Why can some temp files not be deleted. I go to search and check *.tmp and
300 files come up but I can only delete maybe 20.
Any Idea why.
Some are WRC0664, WRC50001, WER1485.tmp, WER7.tmp, msdownld.tmp etc and many
more.
Thanks
Bruce

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