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| From | Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files |
| Date | 2025-02-26 12:53 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vpnkfg$2lrls$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vpn7gg$2jeht$1@dont-email.me> |
On Wed, 2/26/2025 9:12 AM, Jim Dell wrote:
> Got a question about the files in %TEMP%
>
> There are thousands of them on my system
>
> If you run “dir %TEMP%” from a command prompt you’ll see them.
>
> Mostly mine are
> HeadlessChrome304648710500
> scoped_dir304_1457881672
> folders
>
> The only thing that changes is the numbers after the text.
>
> Yes, a run a Chrome Headless job. Is there a parameter to set to I should set to prevent the HeadlessChrome folders?
>
> I don’t know what is causing the scoped_dir folders from being created.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Jim
scoped_dir304_1457881672
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/where-are-they-coming-from/6b703805-45e5-4e54-b9ce-3b07212ff18b
"It appears these temp files are created from the Opera web browser...
Normally when you close Opera it will delete these temp files upon closing.
If you're you're leaving the browser open, and then shutting down without
closing the browser first it does not have a chance to delete the temp files on close"
The tools provided with the system, may not do all that good of a job.
Cleanmgr.exe should have something for %temp% .
I find though, that %temp% sometimes appears untouched.
You clean it, go look, and things that are delete-able are still there.
There is also some sort of Storage Spaces, that switches itself on
when disk space is low. And I don't want *any* automation to have
unfettered delete capability, because such tools don't really know
a valuable asset from junk. I remember when Cleanmgr had a tick
box to delete the *entire* contents of Downloads -- which for me
would be a disaster.
Cleaning it manually will work. Some of the files and folders in
there are "hot" and have a handle to them. A lot of the others will
easily delete when you attempt to throw them away. You can "skip"
the ones that refuse to go, rather than resorting to (infected)
UnLocker to do it. Things that have a handle, generally have a good
reason. There have been exceptions.
If you have thousands of folders, a cleanup attempt should get most of
them. The rest may be ready to harvest on the next "look", like
after a reboot. You can try "classes" of objects, like sort
the list, highlight all the scoped_dir and just delete those
(when Opera is not running).
Paul
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