Temporary Files

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Brian Bullock

Hi there!

I have Windows XP Home running on Dell 4500.

When I run Disk Cleanup the system identifies temporary files but fails to
remove them. the description is Web/Client Publisher files.

When I run Norton Cleanup, 184 temporary files are listed but I am unable
to delete them.

In both scans all other items identified were removed.

I tried Run %temp% but this does not find the offending files.

Are these files harmful and if so , how do I remove them?

Do I just ignore them by hiding them?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Regards

BrianB
 
Hi there!

I have Windows XP Home running on Dell 4500.

When I run Disk Cleanup the system identifies temporary files but fails to
remove them. the description is Web/Client Publisher files.

When I run Norton Cleanup, 184 temporary files are listed but I am unable
to delete them.

In both scans all other items identified were removed.

I tried Run %temp% but this does not find the offending files.

Are these files harmful and if so , how do I remove them?

Do I just ignore them by hiding them?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Regards

BrianB
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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.
 
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