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temp folder problem
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temp folder problem
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Posted by Honn
(102 messages posted)
my c:\windows\temp folder occupies 3.5 Gb, i donno y
the files n folders in it dont occupy all this space,
its affecting the disk space on C
i tried DickCleanup, it didnt detect any temp files to clean
can any1 help me regain this lost space ?
thnx in advance
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re: temp folder problem
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
Just manually delete everything in it, there will be three files that you can't delete,
those are the only ones you need.
On Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 4:42 pm, Honn wrote:
>my c:\windows\temp folder occupies 3.5 Gb, i donno y
>the files n folders in it dont occupy all this space,
>its affecting the disk space on C
>i tried DickCleanup, it didnt detect any temp files to clean
>can any1 help me regain this lost space ?
>thnx in advance
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re: temp folder problem
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Posted by Honn
(102 messages posted)
i did, still it occupies the same size, no change
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re: temp folder problem
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
How are you determining that? If you see files in the folder, then you haven't deleted
them.
If there are only 3 files, then there shouldn't be 3Gb worth.
On Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 5:51 pm, Honn wrote:
>i did, still it occupies the same size, no change
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re: temp folder problem
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Posted by Honn
(102 messages posted)
i deleted all files n folders except only one file that wouldnt be deleted which
is "mcmsc_WukmRGh2NBQmvmJ" cause it was used by another program, this file occupies
0KB
i emptied the recycle bin n checked the disk space n the folder space n there was
no change ! it still occupies 3.5 GB
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re: temp folder problem
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
Oh, yeah... enable hidden files to be not hidden, it's under folder options.
Should be the default, but it's not.
On Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:17 pm, Honn wrote:
>i deleted all files n folders except only one file that wouldnt be deleted which
>is "mcmsc_WukmRGh2NBQmvmJ" cause it was used by another program, this file occupies
>0KB
>i emptied the recycle bin n checked the disk space n the folder space n there was
>no change ! it still occupies 3.5 GB
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re: temp folder problem
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Posted by Honn
(102 messages posted)
i already enabled it
there r no hidden files or folders !
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re: temp folder problem
Friday, October 2, 2009 at 7:56 am
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
So then obviously XP is reporting the incorrect disk usage. Don't see how this would
help, but I'd run chkdisk next.
On Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:44 pm, Honn wrote:
>i already enabled it
>there r no hidden files or folders !
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re: temp folder problem
Friday, October 2, 2009 at 8:42 am
Posted by Honn
(102 messages posted)
i did it n it didnt solve the problem
should i reinstall windows ?
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re: temp folder problem
Friday, October 2, 2009 at 9:57 am
Posted by Ricer46
(23825 messages posted)
Do you have a problem otherwise? If not I wouldn't.
If you used disk imaging, you could re-install with all apps in about 5 minutes,
you should look into that.
Another thing you can try is to redefine your temp folder to another, reboot, then
delete the entire old temp folder (may need to do this in safe mode, but probably
not).
Open System Properties, click on Environmental Variables, and change(edit) the value
for the TEMP and TMP variables to another folder. You'll have to reboot for it to
take effect.
On Friday, October 2, 2009 at 8:42 am, Honn wrote:
>i did it n it didnt solve the problem
>should i reinstall windows ?
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re: temp folder problem
Friday, October 2, 2009 at 11:15 am
Posted by bob wells
(1636 messages posted)
Download and run CCleaner from http://www.filehippo.com. It's Free. If that does
not take care of it run it again in Safemode.
Also run whatever Anti Airus/Trojan/Malware removal Software you may have.
The file name gets nothing on google but could be Malware. Never hurts to run Anti
Malware scans.
BW
On Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:17 pm, Honn wrote:
>i deleted all files n folders except only one file that wouldnt be deleted which
>is "mcmsc_WukmRGh2NBQmvmJ" cause it was used by another program, this file occupies
>0KB
>i emptied the recycle bin n checked the disk space n the folder space n there was
>no change ! it still occupies 3.5 GB
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re: temp folder problem
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 10:59 am
Posted by Honn
(102 messages posted)
changing the location of the temp folder n deleting the old one didnt solve the problem
either
but CCleaner did, thnx alot
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re: temp folder problem
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 11:02 am
Posted by Honn
(102 messages posted)
CCleaner did the job, thnx alot :)
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re: temp folder problem
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 11:52 am
Posted by bob wells
(1636 messages posted)
You're welcome.
I'm surprised CCleaner wasn't in the first response.
BW
On Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 11:02 am, Honn wrote:
>CCleaner did the job, thnx alot :)
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