A friend of mine told me about a maintenance step that keeps his computer running faster. He does this on a regular basis with no problems.

He told me to click RUN, and enter %temp%, which opens a folder called TEMP. Then delete all the files in this folder.

Some of my files in this folder appear to be temp files, so that seems okay to delete, but others I'm not sure about. I wouldn't want to delete something critical.

Is this a good idea?

Is it safe?

Doesn't Disk Clean Up delete temp files? (I do this once a month)

Thanks...

NeedKarma

Yes Disc Cleanup performs that function. You wouldn't see any performance gains unless your hard drive was near %95 full capacity. I rarely clean out the temp folder manually, I use CCleaner every once in a while.

ScottGem

Yes Disk Clean can clean up the Temp files and All that running %Temp% does is open the folder used by Windows to store temp files. You can safely delete any temp files that do not have a current date. However, I doubt if it would have an appreciable affect on performance.

mitchsc

Thanks.

So is there any RISK in deleting files in the Temp Folder that don't have a current date or don't say .tmp (such as mso6D.wmf or logger.log or MSForms.exd)?

ScottGem

Not in my experience.

biggsie

I like ATF Cleaner 3.0.0.2 it is very simple and fast -- it is free -- try it

|MG| ATF Cleaner 3.0.0.2 Download Site

Under Free Downloads From click on one of the sites to download -- Install

Install Shortcut on Desktop -- Click to open program -- Select All --

Empty Selected -- This should clean up your computer -- Until no files are found

mitchsc

Sounds good. Safe?

Thanks