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Comment from Eric Emmanuel on 2011-09-27

2011-09-27T22:42:57Z

Hi!
I use ccleaner, Advanced Windows Care and I have manually tried to clean up my Temporary Internet Files but my PC shuts down immediately when I start the process. What is wrong with it?

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Comment from Lisati on 2010-06-30

2010-07-01T02:20:35Z

The link to http://lisati.myftp.org/page2 no longer works. After a reorganization on my web site it should be http://lisati.homelinux.com/simplesystemcleaner.html

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Comment from Al Zampieri on 2010-04-15

2010-04-15T20:53:51Z

Tried everything still can't delete file.File folder content is 0.When I try to delete get error message..can't read from source or disk???

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Comment from Lisati on 2010-01-24

2010-01-25T00:22:20Z

Have a look here: http://lisati.myftp.org/page2

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Comment from digitrunner on 2010-01-20

2010-01-20T10:29:23Z

A good free program to address this and lots of other issues is Advanced System Care -- at http://www.iobit.com. I use it every 2 weeks and my system runs amazingly well.

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Comment from Ashley on 2010-01-14

2010-01-14T12:16:24Z

can i delete all the contents of my temp file on vista by going to the temp file opening it highliting all contects and deleting.
Also i have the ccleaner when i clean the registry is there anything i shouldnt delete
thanks....

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Comment from Amr Helaly on 2009-09-11

2009-09-11T20:28:48Z

Omg, thank you my computer has been running slow for a really long time. I thank you dude

=]how do i become a fan/member on your website?? please send me a link

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Comment from Mark Jacobs on 2009-06-12

2009-06-12T11:19:31Z

download and install the free ccleaner it's safe and effective in cleaning temp and recycled files

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Comment from KT on 2009-04-03

2009-04-03T20:59:09Z

I've followed the directions. the Command Prompt's last line is, "Are you sure? ? Y"
and then the next line is the flashing underscore type thing (_)

Is it deleting the files? It's not showing anything... The article didn't say anything about what it would show, and I'm fairly stupid.

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Comment from Allan on 2009-02-11

2009-02-11T13:35:25Z

Do i hit "enter" after i type in the "CD /D %TMP%" ? coz when i do i get "c:\DOCUME~1\allan\LOCALS~1\Temp>"
How do i put in the rd /s. ?

Yes, type "CD /D %TMP% followed by Enter, and then "rd /s ." followed by enter. Note that there is a space between "/s" and ".".

- Leo
11-Feb-2009

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Comment from Martin Kaplan on 2008-12-16

2008-12-16T18:42:19Z

Most of my KB is on temporary files. The command to delete these files concerna me. I have never deleted these files and am afraid of opening up a problem.....Thanks

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Comment from William Weaver on 2008-09-14

2008-09-14T22:04:09Z

Does the article apply to Windows Vista? If not what is wrong with going to the windows folder openeing the tempaorary file and deleting all files in the temp folser?. Alsocan I do the same to the Windows Recent folder?

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Comment from John on 2008-07-30

2008-07-30T21:35:16Z

How do i clear or delete automatically my temporary files from my cache?

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Comment from Leo on 2008-06-23

2008-06-24T03:24:09Z

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That depends entirely on the specific files that Windows is
complaining about. My guess is you have references to
something now gone in your startup sequence.

Leo

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Comment from Humberto Garay on 2008-06-22

2008-06-23T05:31:48Z

ok. so i deleted all my temporary files and now every time i turn my computer on two error messages appear telling me that windows cannot find the file and i cant get rid of those messages :( how do i do it?

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Comment from Jeff on 2008-05-18

2008-05-18T07:38:07Z

Trying to install Notepad++, and some other downloads like digsby IM.....

Now I Get this VISTA MESSAGE:

"Error writing temporary file. Make sure your temp folder is valid."

Deleted the files that would delete, used CCleaner - still, same problem.

HELP!

Jeff

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Comment from Celeste George on 2007-12-09

2007-12-09T08:34:45Z

I used to have Zonealarm and signed up with another anti-virus. Now I find it has left a lot behind which cannot be deleted. What to do?

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Comment from meem on 2007-12-08

2007-12-08T13:02:39Z

Hi Leo,
can you please suggest a file that will recover dolby ac3 2channel decoding mpeg-2video,i always get this message when i try to burn a dvd.or could you please recommend a better burner than nero 7.
thank you in advance
meem

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Comment from Joop St Kloos on 2007-08-18

2007-08-18T13:31:57Z

As a Senior sturggling to get into the 21st c's technology and having my home computer crash, YOU are the best tutorial I have known. Jacht van hel Geluk!

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-05-11

2007-05-11T20:50:03Z

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The are probably temporary files that are in use by a program running on your
machine - perhaps even windows itself. I get this all the time, and ignore it.

If you want to see what program has them open, that would be this article:
http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_find_out_who_is_using_a_file_in_use.html

Leo

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Comment from Steve on 2007-05-11

2007-05-11T18:20:37Z

ok I used the above cammand cd /d %TMP% and
rd /s to delete temp folder files and this is what i got ......access denied for 4 temp files that i wanted delete. They are..1. ~DF2F12.tmp.... 2.~DF30DF.tmp.... 3. ~DF969.tmp.... 4. ~DFA41.tmp. What are these temps? and how to get rid of them?

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Comment from Greg on 2007-04-09

2007-04-09T18:28:48Z

Ummm.... many many moons ago, I thought it was okay to clear the temp folder and erased my boss's calendar. I'm not sure if this was a stupid software design decision or another idiot temporary employee who thought the "temp" folder is where the "temp" should put files.

Either way, you might want to sort files by date, then only delete things over a week or two old, just to be safe.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-04-09

2007-04-09T15:55:23Z

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An excellent thought. I've updated the article to reflect that.

Thank you!

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Comment from Ken on 2007-04-09

2007-04-09T15:13:19Z

Given your recent article on changing the location of temp files, I would suggest that the first command be

CD /D %TMP%

instead. The

/D

flag tells the command to change the current drive as well, if needed.

For example, if

TMP

were set to

D:\TEMP

, your example would leave you in the same directory on

C:

, but the

/D

flag would switch you to

D:

as well.

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