Delete temp files


	As you browse the Internet, open files, and run programs, many temporary files accumulate on your computer. Besides wasting hard drive space they can also cause problems browsing the internet when you accumulate too many files. Ideally, setup routines and programs you use should clean up after themselves and delete the temp files they created. But of course, that which is ideal is elusive. That's why you have all those files in your Temp folders. And that accumulation is far from good for the computer. It takes up space you could use for storing files and installing programs. Beyond that, undeleted temporary files can cause a heck of a lot of trouble. Is the computer slowing down? The detritus in the Temp folders might be taking up so much space that Windows cannot create an adequate swap file - the file it uses as temporary memory. Do you get "Access denied" messages? Look to an overloaded Temp directory as the culprit. Solution : * Navigate to the C:WindowsTemp folder. Open the Temp folder and go to Edit > Select All then Edit > Delete to delete the entire contents of the Temp folder. * Go to Start > Run and type %temp% in the Run box. The Temp folder will open. Click Edit > Select All then Edit > Delete to delete the entire contents of the Temp folder. * Finally go to Control Panel > Internet Options. On the General tab under "Temporary Internet Files" Click "Delete Files". Put a check by "Delete Offline Content" and click OK. Click on the Programs tab then click the "Reset Web Settings" button. Click Apply then OK. * Now close ALL open programs, including any running in the background, like your AV program, etc. * Click on your start button, then go to Find, then Files or Folders (In Windows XP, go to Start, then Search). In this dialog box, make sure where it says "look in", that it is looking at your C: drive (or, if you have multiple hard drives or partitions, be sure "All Local Drives" is selected) and be sure there is a check in the box next to where it says "include subfolders". (This is in "More Advanced Options" in XP. Also, in Windows XP you need to put checks in the boxes that say "Search hidden files and folders" and "Search system folders".) Now, click your mouse pointer in the box that says "named" (in XP, it says "All or part of the file name") and type the following, exactly as it is here. .tmp,.chk,~. Once it finds all the files, it will list them and at the bottom it will tell you how many it found Hit ctrl+a to select them all, then hit your delete key. If it won't delete some of them, that's because they are attached to some program running in the background, so you may have to delete them one at a time. If one or two won't delete, they will probably delete when you reboot next, so don't worry about them

Deleting temp files