re: Question about 'What to Throw Away'
Thursday, January 24, 2002 at 2:20 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Paul D
(827 messages posted)
That suggests your machine has been running pretty well
since November.Normally files in C:\Windows\Temp will clear themselves out at
the end of a session. However, files created during the current session are probably
still being used.
The main exception to this is when you do an install which requires
a reboot. In this scenario, the files will be used during the reboot, and then cleared
out. However, if your machine crashes, temp files probably won't be deleted properly,
and you'll need to delete them manually. Short answer - you can delete them.
On Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at 8:29 pm, Dave wrote:
>I have a question about What
>to Throw Away:
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>I went into my Windows\Temp folder and arranged the icons by date to check the earliest
>and latest, to make sure I didn't delete anything that was created since the last
>time I booted up (about an hour ago). To my surprise, there wasn't a single file
>in there that was dated after November, 2001. Is this normal? I thought files were
>created into this folder all the time. I used to leave my computer on all the time,
>but hard drive errors when booting up (which I later attributed to a faulty IDE
cable)
>caused me to shut down every night. Rather than delete these files, I have moved
>them to a new folder, to await a definitive answer on this.
>
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