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Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files

From "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files
Date 2025-03-02 06:11 -0800
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Paul wrote:
> John C. wrote:
>> Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> John C. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here's what I do on a regular basis:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Open the c:\windows\temp folder in File Explorer
>>>> 2. Click on any file in the right hand pane to select it
>>>> 3. Press Control-A to select everything in the c:\windows\temp folder
>>>> 4. Press the Delete key
>>>>
>>>> Some files may refuse to be deleted if your system has crashed at any
>>>> point, but the vast majority of the files will go to your Recycle Bin.
>>>>
>>>> 5. Right click on your Recycle Bin
>>>> 6. Select "Empty Recycle Bin"
>>>
>>>   Note that the OP's (Jim Dell) issue is about the %TEMP% folder, not
>>> about C:\Windows\Temp.
>>
>> Thanks. And I guess that means he meant a C:\WINDOWS\system32\%TEMP%
>> folder or C:\WINDOWS\system32\TEMP folder.
>>
>> I have only a c:\windows\temp folder in the Windows folder.
>>
>>>   That said, the automatic cleaning of %TEMP% which VanguardLH mentioned
>>> [1], *also* cleans C:\Windows\Temp, so while anybody is of course
>>> free to do it themselves/manually, I think there is no real reason.
>>>
>>>   I hate to bring it to you, but Windows is not *all* bad! :-)
>>>
>>> [1] See my pointers to VanguardLH's and my responses in
>>> Message-ID: <vpq25k.2go.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
>>
>> When I run “dir %TEMP%” in Powershell, I get:
>> _________________________________________________________________________________
>> dir : Cannot find path 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\%TEMP%' because it does not
>> exist.
>> At line:1 char:1
>> + dir %TEMP%
>> + ~~~~~~~~~~
>>     + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound:
>> (C:\WINDOWS\system32\%TEMP%:String) [Get-ChildItem], ItemNotFoundExcepti
>>    on
>>     + FullyQualifiedErrorId :
>> PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand
>> _________________________________________________________________________________
>>
>> If Jim was talking about the temp folder here:
>>
>> Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Local\Temp
>>
>> I regularly clean it the same way that I do the temp folder in the
>> Windows folder.
>>
> 
> Well, you're not supposed to run anything in Powershell, now are you :-)

I just ran the command in a regular command prompt window and it worked
fine. Maybe MS fakes being unable to find the temp folder when
Powershell is used. I don't know.

> %temp% can be parsed by the Command Prompt shell.
> That does not mean Powershell will accept it.

Yes, that seems to be the case.

> After a web page filled with suggestions didn't work
> for Powershell, I tried this:
> 
>    echo $env:temp
> 
> See if that works.

That shows the folder but it doesn't list its contents.

> Or you could try
> 
>    cd $env:temp

Changes folders to the temp folder but again, doesn't list the contents.
However, a list of the contents was never the goal

Thanks for the info, Paul.

-- 
John C.

Take back Microsoft from India.

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  Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-26 13:55 -0600
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      Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-27 15:00 +0000
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  Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-27 06:43 -0800
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          Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-03-02 06:14 -0800
            Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-02 15:20 +0000
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