Disk cleanup

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Whenever I do a "disk cleanup" on my hard drive, it shows a whole bunch of
categories which can be cleaned up.
When I do, there's one category ("Web Client/Publisher Temporary Files")
which always shows 32KB before AND after the clean-up.

Could that be associated woth FrontPage 2003, and if so, where are these 32 KB
hiding? (Which files I mean?)
How come "Disk Cleanup" does not delete these files, even though it tells me
that "these files can be deleted safely"?
Can I delete them manually?
Thanks!

John <><

A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
with an other monkey's monkey.
 
Hi, John,

Looks like everyone is busy,
You can delete all temporary files over one day old.
If you go to the control panel and double click on Internet options, you can
delete all cookies, files(temp files) and history without worrying about it.

You might also run a google search for CCleaner.
It's free.
Down load and run it without making any changes.
It will clean out all the junk files on your system.

Good Luck,
Jerry
 
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Hi, John,

Looks like everyone is busy,
You can delete all temporary files over one day old.
If you go to the control panel and double click on Internet options, you can
delete all cookies, files(temp files) and history without worrying about it.

You might also run a google search for CCleaner.
It's free.
Down load and run it without making any changes.
It will clean out all the junk files on your system.

Good Luck,
Jerry

John said:
Whenever I do a "disk cleanup" on my hard drive, it shows a whole bunch of
categories which can be cleaned up.
When I do, there's one category ("Web Client/Publisher Temporary Files")
which always shows 32KB before AND after the clean-up.

Could that be associated woth FrontPage 2003, and if so, where are these
32 KB
hiding? (Which files I mean?)
How come "Disk Cleanup" does not delete these files, even though it tells
me
that "these files can be deleted safely"?
Can I delete them manually?
Thanks!

John <><
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Thanks, Jerry . I tried both your sugegstions (delete cookies and files on the
Internet Options, and run CCleaner.
Those 32KB under "Web Client/Publisher Temporary Files" are still there.

Any other sugegstions?

John <><

A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
with an other monkey's monkey.
 
John said:
Whenever I do a "disk cleanup" on my hard drive, it shows a whole
bunch of categories which can be cleaned up.
When I do, there's one category ("Web Client/Publisher Temporary
Files") which always shows 32KB before AND after the clean-up.

Could that be associated woth FrontPage 2003, and if so, where are
these 32 KB hiding? (Which files I mean?)
How come "Disk Cleanup" does not delete these files, even though it
tells me that "these files can be deleted safely"?
Can I delete them manually?
Click to expand...

Looks like everyone is busy,
You can delete all temporary files over one day old.
If you go to the control panel and double click on Internet options,
you can delete all cookies, files(temp files) and history without
worrying about it.

You might also run a google search for CCleaner.
It's free.
Down load and run it without making any changes.
It will clean out all the junk files on your system.
Click to expand...

John said:
Thanks, Jerry . I tried both your sugegstions (delete cookies and
files on the Internet Options, and run CCleaner.
Those 32KB under "Web Client/Publisher Temporary Files" are still
there.

Any other sugegstions?
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John,

I started to answer earlier..

My research shows this is more of a common problem than one would have
believed (having files in that location that won't disappear using disk
cleanup) but there is no solution beyond just leaving them alone or possibly
stopping the webclient service and then trying again..
 
My research shows this is more of a common problem than one would have
believed (having files in that location that won't disappear using disk
cleanup) but there is no solution beyond just leaving them alone or possibly
stopping the webclient service and then trying again..
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Thanks, Shenan.

Have I touched on an area that perhaps Microsoft shold look into?
Do you MS-MVP's have any pipeline to MS to suggest such a thing?

You mention
possibly stopping the webclient service and then trying again.
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I'm not sure what you mean here. Couls you give me some details?
You also mention
but there is no solution beyond just leaving them alone.
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Perhaps, that't the best course of action (for now, at least).
The whole thing is not of earth-shocking importance, it was just something I
noticed, and decided to seek some help for.

Thanks for your reply, Shenan.

John <><

A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
with an other monkey's monkey.
 
John,

Try doing a search,
Select all files and folders and typing in - Temporary files.
Be sure to scroll down and select more advanced options for looking in
hidden files etc.

See if you recognize any of the files you want to get rid of.
You can delete highlighted files there.

Jerry

John said:
Whenever I do a "disk cleanup" on my hard drive, it shows a whole bunch of
categories which can be cleaned up.
When I do, there's one category ("Web Client/Publisher Temporary Files")
which always shows 32KB before AND after the clean-up.
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<Snip>
 
I have the exact same thing and have just ignored it from the get-go. Same
amount of space, 32 KB.
This is what I found, courtesy Sharon F;

8/18/2005 11:24:14 AM Re: Temporary Files
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:22:18 +0100, Brian Bullock wrote:

Disk cleanup does not delete files unless they are 14 days old or older.

Do you have the "web client" service enabled in Services? It is enabled by

default (I do not recommend disabling it unless you feel like experimenting

and remember to turn it back on if you run into trouble at interactive

websites). The web/client publisher category in Disk Cleanup is related to

this service. The description in Disk Cleanup for this category is "The

WebClient/Publisher service maintains a cache of accessed files on this

disk. These files are kept locally for performance reasons only. and can be

deleted safely."

Think "history" for a session on your computer. Info regarding the browsing

of local "sites" (history in Explorer) and internet sites will be cached

here. Index.dat is tied to this Disk Cleanup category too.

Bottom line, it does no harm to delete the files (with another tool if Disk

Cleanup won't do it for you) but it's not unusual to see a small residual

at all times. In fact, I would consider it normal.
 
I have the exact same thing and have just ignored it from the get-go. Same
amount of space, 32 KB.
This is what I found, courtesy Sharon F;

Bottom line, it does no harm to delete the files (with another tool if Disk
Cleanup won't do it for you) but it's not unusual to see a small residual
at all times. In fact, I would consider it normal.
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Thanks, IVEE and everyone else who replied.

Guess I'll follow your advice, and just ignore it.

John <><

A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
with an other monkey's monkey.
 
Shenan said:
My research shows this is more of a common problem than one would
have believed (having files in that location that won't disappear
using disk cleanup) but there is no solution beyond just leaving
them alone or possibly stopping the webclient service and then
trying again..
Click to expand...

John said:
Have I touched on an area that perhaps Microsoft shold look into?
Do you MS-MVP's have any pipeline to MS to suggest such a thing?

You mention possibly stopping the webclient service and then trying again.
I'm not sure what you mean here. Couls you give me some details?
You also mention but there is no solution beyond just leaving them alone.
Perhaps, that't the best course of action (for now, at least).
The whole thing is not of earth-shocking importance, it was just
something I noticed, and decided to seek some help for.

Thanks for your reply, Shenan.
Click to expand...


To turn off the Web Service.. do the following.

Start --> Run

services.msc

OK

Look on the right side of the window and scroll down the list to the
bottom.. Find "WebClient" and right-click on it and choose "stop".. Wait
for it to stop.

After that - perform your disk cleanup.. Did that help?
 
Shenan said:
My research shows this is more of a common problem than one would
have believed (having files in that location that won't disappear
using disk cleanup) but there is no solution beyond just leaving
them alone or possibly stopping the webclient service and then
trying again..
Click to expand...

John said:
Have I touched on an area that perhaps Microsoft shold look into?
Do you MS-MVP's have any pipeline to MS to suggest such a thing?

You mention possibly stopping the webclient service and then trying
again. I'm not sure what you mean here. Couls you give me some
details? You also mention but there is no solution beyond just leaving
them
alone. Perhaps, that't the best course of action (for now, at least).
The whole thing is not of earth-shocking importance, it was just
something I noticed, and decided to seek some help for.

Thanks for your reply, Shenan.
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
To turn off the Web Service.. do the following.

Start --> Run

services.msc

OK

Look on the right side of the window and scroll down the list to the
bottom.. Find "WebClient" and right-click on it and choose "stop"..
Wait for it to stop.

After that - perform your disk cleanup.. Did that help?
Click to expand...

If that fails (to stop the service) follow these steps:

Start --> Run

services.msc

OK

Look on the right side of the window and scroll down the list to the
bottom.. Find "WebClient" and right-click on it and choose PROPERTIES.

Under the General Tab, select the startup type to be MANUAL.
Click OK.

Reboot, try your cleanup again.
 
If that fails (to stop the service) follow these steps:

Start --> Run

services.msc

OK

Look on the right side of the window and scroll down the list to the
bottom.. Find "WebClient" and right-click on it and choose PROPERTIES.

Under the General Tab, select the startup type to be MANUAL.
Click OK.

Reboot, try your cleanup again.
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Thanks, Shenan. That works.
I don't know at this time what (if anything) will be affected by changing this
setting.
So far, it appears, nothing is affected.
I'll keep an eye on things - I can always undo it.

John <><

A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
with an other monkey's monkey.
 
John said:
Thanks, Shenan. That works.
I don't know at this time what (if anything) will be affected by changing
this
setting.
So far, it appears, nothing is affected.
I'll keep an eye on things - I can always undo it.

John <><

A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
with an other monkey's monkey.
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