Temp folder

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Eric

Hello,

Is it safe to purge the folder C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\Local
Settings\Temp

Thank you.

Eric.
 
With no applications and or installs running and after restart, you can
delete the files from the %temp% directory.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| Steve,
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| Any way I can tell whether I am in the "general situation" or not?
|
| Thank you.
|
| Eric.
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| | > Eric wrote:
| > > Hello,
| > >
| > > Is it safe to purge the folder C:\Documents and Settings\MyName\Local
| > > Settings\Temp
| > >
| > > Thank you.
| > >
| > > Eric.
| >
| > generally yes.
| >
| > --
| > Steve Parry BA(Hons) MCP MVP
| >
| > http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
| >
| >
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|
 
Can I just rename the folder temp.old, restart the machine and see what
happens?
Would Win2k recreate the folder with all the rights automatically?

Thanks.

Eric.
 
Eric said:
Can I just rename the folder temp.old, restart the machine and see what
happens?
Would Win2k recreate the folder with all the rights automatically?

Thanks.
Click to expand...

you can do, Windows doesnt recreate the folder but you can simply create the
folder.

I said generally cos if you have any apps open at the time you delet it they
"may" have some info lost temporarily. For example out company use Lotus
Notes for email, if the temp folder is cleared while notes is running it
makes Notes get a hiccup and forget some of its current settings. Exiting
and re-entering Notes again fixes the probs
 
Steve,

I understand.

Will I have to manually reassign the rights to the temp folder for each user
group?

Eric.
 
There's no reason to do that.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Can I just rename the folder temp.old, restart the machine and see what
| happens?
| Would Win2k recreate the folder with all the rights automatically?
|
| Thanks.
|
| Eric.
 
Should take all of a few seconds.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| It's just faster when you have 300MB worth of data in the folder ...
 
Yes, same answer.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| How about purging C:\WINNT\TEMP? Is that OK?
| Thank s again.
|
| Eric.
 
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