......\Local Settings\Temp folder ?

[edprush]

There are files and folders in this directory that are over a year old.

Does this directory ever get cleaned out automatically?

If not, should it be cleaned out manually?

thanks.

 

[marulee]

Originally posted by: edprush
There are files and folders in this directory that are over a year old.

Does this directory ever get cleaned out automatically?

If not, should it be cleaned out manually?

thanks.

I guess you should manually clean them out, but be cautious about remove the system files which related to or shared by other applications. Otherwise, OS will prompts a missing file notice everytime you boot the computer!

 

[niji1875]

normal

 

[bruceb]

The only thing you Should Not Delete is anything in
the Docs & Settings\user id\Application Data folder

Under Local Settings Temp, ... C:\Windows\Temp
C:\Windows\Prefetch

Those are Safe to get rid of

 

[RebateMonger]

I manually cleaned out my .....\Temp folders a while back. No harm done. Right now, most of \Temp folders are empty, including the folder in the account that I use daily.

I'd shut down all my applications, empty the \Temp folder, and reboot.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Safest thing to do would be to move all of the files into another folder ( like C:\testing ), reboot, and then make sure everything goes alright. If everything goes as it normally does, then you can delete the files...

 

[Mutilator]

If you're afraid to do it manually then running disk cleanup (right click on c: in my computer - click Disk Cleanup) may delete those temp files as well and won't delete anything required for Windows to run.

But most of the time anything in a Temp folder is safe to delete.

 

[amdskip]

Run CCleaner and it will do this for you.