Deleting Windows 2000 Temporary files question

Tronato · Last edited by Tronato on Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:32 am; edited 1 time in total

Hello!

Is it safe to delete all the files in the TEMP folders or for that matter everything that is XXX.tmp?

Thamks!

TRON

Blue Hell · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:38 am Post subject:

I do it all the time on XP and on Vista too, occasionally for one or a couple of those files I'll get "access denied" when I try, but I've never seen any harm done ... besides it wouldn't be very smart to store files that shouldn't be deleted into a folder called "temp" or any variation there off Wink

Tronato · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:34 am Post subject:

Hello!

You are mentioning Windows XP and Vista... would the same apply to Windows 2000?

Thanks!

TRON

EdisonRex · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:52 am Post subject:

Tronato · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:55 am Post subject:

Hello!

I did a search for all *.TMP files and thousands appeared. However, when trying to delete some of them I received the message that there was a "sharing violation and that most probably the file was in use"

This means that they are indeed used sometimes.

What is the best method to eliminate unused temporary files?

Thanks!

TRON

EdisonRex · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:11 am Post subject:

the way I use is to use a command prompt.

C:\> cd temp
C:\temp\> del /b /s /q *.*

Be very careful using the del command, and especially the /s switch, as doing this at the C:\ root directory can have particularly bad consequences.

I'd also recommend doing regular backups of your data at least.