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C:\temp folder vs. C:\Windows\TEMP folder?
What's the story on the C:\temp folder? It has gotten quite large on my
computer over the years. What is it good for? I used Find here, and retrieved the recent forum discussion about deleting the contents of the C:\Windows\TEMP folder, but nothing about C:\temp folder. Windows deletes its "Temporary files" (in the C:\Windows\TEMP folder, I presume) when the Disk Cleanup (TUNEUP.EXE) feature is used, but this operation doesn't seem to touch C:\temp. BTW, I am using Win98se. Thanks for any insight. Thomas |
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C:\temp folder vs. C:\Windows\TEMP folder?
"thomas" wrote:
What's the story on the C:\temp folder? It has gotten quite large on my computer over the years. What is it good for? I used Find here, and retrieved the recent forum discussion about deleting the contents of the C:\Windows\TEMP folder, but nothing about C:\temp folder. Windows deletes its "Temporary files" (in the C:\Windows\TEMP folder, I presume) when the Disk Cleanup (TUNEUP.EXE) feature is used, but this operation doesn't seem to touch C:\temp. BTW, I am using Win98se. Thanks for any insight. Thomas The use of the C:\TEMP folder predates Windows by a number of years. It was often used in the early days of DOS to hold temporary files. If your computer has a in the autoexec.bat file that reads: SET TEMP = C:\TEMP then that would account for the presence of temporary files in the C:\TEMP folder. My suggestion would to remove that line completely from the autoexec.bat file and let the Windows default settings prevail. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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Thanks. That was it exactly. I found that SET TEMP=C:\TEMP was in the
autoexec.bat file. Thanks again. thomas "Ron Martell" wrote in message ... "thomas" wrote: What's the story on the C:\temp folder? It has gotten quite large on my computer over the years. What is it good for? I used Find here, and retrieved the recent forum discussion about deleting the contents of the C:\Windows\TEMP folder, but nothing about C:\temp folder. Windows deletes its "Temporary files" (in the C:\Windows\TEMP folder, I presume) when the Disk Cleanup (TUNEUP.EXE) feature is used, but this operation doesn't seem to touch C:\temp. BTW, I am using Win98se. Thanks for any insight. Thomas The use of the C:\TEMP folder predates Windows by a number of years. It was often used in the early days of DOS to hold temporary files. If your computer has a in the autoexec.bat file that reads: SET TEMP = C:\TEMP then that would account for the presence of temporary files in the C:\TEMP folder. My suggestion would to remove that line completely from the autoexec.bat file and let the Windows default settings prevail. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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C:\temp folder vs. C:\Windows\TEMP folder?
Thanks. That was it exactly. I found that SET TEMP=C:\TEMP was in the
autoexec.bat file. Thanks again. thomas "Ron Martell" wrote in message ... "thomas" wrote: What's the story on the C:\temp folder? It has gotten quite large on my computer over the years. What is it good for? I used Find here, and retrieved the recent forum discussion about deleting the contents of the C:\Windows\TEMP folder, but nothing about C:\temp folder. Windows deletes its "Temporary files" (in the C:\Windows\TEMP folder, I presume) when the Disk Cleanup (TUNEUP.EXE) feature is used, but this operation doesn't seem to touch C:\temp. BTW, I am using Win98se. Thanks for any insight. Thomas The use of the C:\TEMP folder predates Windows by a number of years. It was often used in the early days of DOS to hold temporary files. If your computer has a in the autoexec.bat file that reads: SET TEMP = C:\TEMP then that would account for the presence of temporary files in the C:\TEMP folder. My suggestion would to remove that line completely from the autoexec.bat file and let the Windows default settings prevail. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much." |
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