Temp files

[Curt B]

Microsoft Antispyware creates two files in the Temp
folder every time it starts and does not remove them
later. The number of temporary files will continue to
increase unless manually deleted. Hopefully MS will
include this system housekeeping in the final version.

 

[John]

I believe there is a Cleanup Utility in XP that can be configured to run and
offers the ability to clean out Temp files. Good point though. I
frequently delete gigabytes of temp files from people's computers. It's
amazing.

 

[Guest]

There is a utility to remove some temp files.
Unfortunately, Cleanmgr.exe (Disk Cleanup) does not
delete these files.

 

[PrivacyZealot]

Curt B wrote,
in post news:[email protected] :

Microsoft Antispyware creates two files in the Temp
folder every time it starts and does not remove them
later. The number of temporary files will continue to
increase unless manually deleted. Hopefully MS will
include this system housekeeping in the final version.

This batch file deletes the bulk of the temp files. 2 folders worth.
I put a pause at the end so that the names of the files that were
deleted could be seen. Use this batchfile with XP or W2K only.
In case you don't know- copy and paste the following into notepad,
and change the xxxx to your user name. Then name it something,
and save it with a .bat extension. Double-click to run it.


cls
c:
cd "C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Local Settings\Temp"
del /q /s /f *.*
cd "C:\Documents and Settings\xxxx\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files"
del /q /s /f *.*
pause
exit

 

[Pat Willener]

That really doesn't bother me; loads of programs, installs, and whatnot,
leave temp files behind.

I run Ccleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/) once a day, and I am still
amazed how much "C" it removes each time (around 20MB).