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| From | Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files |
| Date | 2025-02-28 12:32 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vpss0a$3p084$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vpn7gg$2jeht$1@dont-email.me> <vpptmt$350ck$4@dont-email.me> <vpq3v5.11dg.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <vpsdmt$3m2rg$2@dont-email.me> |
On Fri, 2/28/2025 8:29 AM, 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 :-) %temp% can be parsed by the Command Prompt shell. That does not mean Powershell will accept it. After a web page filled with suggestions didn't work for Powershell, I tried this: echo $env:temp See if that works. Or you could try cd $env:temp Paul
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Windows %TEMP% folder & files Jim Dell <Jim.Dell@gmail.com> - 2025-02-26 09:12 -0500
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Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-26 12:53 -0500
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Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-26 20:06 -0500
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Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-27 11:15 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-27 07:34 -0500
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Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-27 16:54 -0500
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-02-27 22:54 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 15:29 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-26 16:06 -0600
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-27 13:29 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2025-02-27 12:37 +0200
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-02-26 17:57 -0600
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-02-27 12:01 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2025-02-26 19:20 -0500
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-26 13:42 -0500
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-26 13:55 -0600
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-26 14:23 -0600
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-02-27 11:47 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Jim Dell <Jim.Dell@gmail.com> - 2025-02-27 08:49 -0500
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-27 15:00 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Jim Dell <Jim.Dell@gmail.com> - 2025-02-27 08:49 -0500
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-27 06:43 -0800
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-27 15:31 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-02-28 05:29 -0800
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-28 12:32 -0500
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-03-02 06:11 -0800
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-28 11:39 -0600
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
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-03-02 14:57 -0500
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-03-02 20:28 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-03-03 06:15 -0800
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-03-02 14:44 -0600
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Mr Xi Ji Ping <ping@china.cn> - 2025-02-28 17:39 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-02-28 12:10 -0600
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files "John C." <r9jmg0@yahoo.com> - 2025-03-02 06:18 -0800
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Jim Dell <Jim.Dell@gmail.com> - 2025-03-01 19:11 -0500
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-02-28 23:40 +0000
Re: Windows %TEMP% folder & files Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2025-02-27 10:03 -0500
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