May also try clearing out your temp folder. Go to start and in the search bar type %temp% and hit enter. Delete everything you can in that folder, and you may clear up some more space. Also running disk cleanup may help as well.

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May also try clearing out your temp folder. Go to start and in the search bar type %temp% and hit enter. Delete everything you can in that folder, and you may clear up some more space. Also running disk cleanup may help as well.

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I did what you said and found the folder but I can't understand what any of the files are so I don't know if I should delete them. However, some of them appear to be large so I would like to get rid of them if possible. They are mostly numbers, they start with KB then there's a really long number. Have you any idea what that could be? Thanks for your help as always

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Originally Posted by snowflake10

I did what you said and found the folder but i can't understand what any of the files are so i dont know if i should delete them. However, some of them appear to be large so i would like to get rid of them if possible. They are mostly numbers, they start with KB then theres a really long number. Have you any idea what that could be? Thanks for your help as always

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The TEMP folder is used to store temporary files created by some programs during processing. In normal processing, they should be removed when the program closes. However , sometimes they are not. So it is highly likely they are safe to delete. If you are concerned, move them to external storage.

Usually files that start with a KB are downloaded Windows critical updates. Once they are applied they are no longer needed. To be safe though you might want to get a copy of Ccleaner. It's a free app that scans your temp folders, browser saves etc. and will remove them for you. It's a pretty safe bet that if it finds something it will be OK to remove. It installs with a standard set of programs and temp areas checked but you can go through the Windows and Application tabs and select or deselect what you want. I like to deselect RUN (In Start Menu) since they take up little room and I like to keep a list of useful run commands in there (msconfig, cmd, regedit,) so I don't have to type them each time I need them. Some people like to select Old Prefetch Data under Windows Advanced but I don't know that it saves much room (mine is checked on this Vista PC).