Solved Disk Cleanup - Temp Files

darkeale · Mar 16, 2010

Hi,

Is there a time range that Disk Cleanup protects the temp files it should remove? After running Disk Cleanup there are still temp files left in C:/windows/temp and in the appdata/local/temp in my users folder. However the files left are recent files, so does Disk Cleanup only remove files which older than a few days old?

Thanks,
Alex

MWRed · Mar 16, 2010

It doesn’t fully empty your temp folder. It only allows you to delete temporary files that haven't been modified in a week. And, if i'm right, there's no way to force it to remove everything.

Brink · Mar 16, 2010

Hello Alex,

In addition to Red's post above, the tutorial below will show you how to set Disk Cleanup to delete Vista temporary files less than a week old.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/155230-disk-cleanup-last-access-limit-temp-files.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

MWRed · Mar 16, 2010

Brink said:
Hello Alex,

In addition to Red's post above, the tutorial below will show you how to set Disk Cleanup to delete Vista temporary files less than a week old.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/155230-disk-cleanup-last-access-limit-temp-files.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Oh, nice......did not know about that (never really thought about it actually.)

Good to know. thanks Brink

Brink · Mar 16, 2010

You're welcome Red.

Gil777t · Mar 16, 2010

Good Advise. I also every once in awhile look at all folders and files as well as hidden files.
Regards,
Gil777t

darkeale · Mar 17, 2010

Thanks for your help, Shawn. That's just what I was looking for.

Alex

Brink · Mar 17, 2010

You're most welcome Alex.

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