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Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files

From Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files
Date 2025-02-27 11:15 +0000
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Newyana2 wrote:
> On 2/26/2025 4:15 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
> 
>>>
>>>    Anybody having any insight on what is doing that cleaning?
>>>
>>> [1[ C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\Temp
>>
>> It's probably done by the Windows Disk-cleanup utility; and that is 
>> only run as and when needed by users, and requires a tick for 
>> Temporary files.
>>
> 
>    Not likely. I cleaned up a Win10 laptop just today with several GB
> of TEMP and other junk. It's a good idea to run disk cleanup
> manually.
> 
>   On XP/7 I use a script that just deletes all TEMP files from multiple
> folders and ignores errors, which are generated if a file is in use.
> There can be an app data user folder as well as c:\Windows\TEMP.
> 
>    The winsxs temp files never get cleaned as far as I know. That's
> why I invlcuded the command line for that above. It supposedly
> deletes things like outdated file versions where a newer version
> exists.
> 
>    Windows since Vista has been incredibly bloated and sloppy about
> these things, with winsxs, especially, growing out of control. People
> need to take charge themselves or they'll end up with 40, 60, 80 or
> more GB of junk. I see people on Reddit trying to figure out how
> to get a few GBs space out of a full disk. It's nuts.

I regularly empty my Temp file in users/ Appdata/ Local. I just go 
there, select all, and delete. One file won't delete; 
FXSAP|DebugLogFile, associated with Windows Fax.
I don't use Chrome, but Edge puts lots of rubbish in there, and even 
after a couple of days from empty it will build to 100MB. Why can't 
computer programmers clean up their mess? They're as bad as builders. I 
once complained to a builder about that, and he said "Oh, you mean the 
bits?"
(:-  Bits to him; a clean-up job for me!

You mention a script. Others have mentioned other scripts. I'd be 
interested in the best available.
To all; If you think you have the best, post here and I'll try them.

Ed

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