Disk Cleanup

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[[Programs sometimes store temporary information in a Temp folder. Before a
program quits, the program usually deletes this information. You can safely
delete temporary files that have not been modified in over a week.]]

7 days is the key here.

All file types.

Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312

How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] us;Q315246

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:uvmB4773EHA.1976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
MarkC <None@nospam.com> hunted and pecked:
> XP Pro SP2:
>
> When I go to disk properties, on the General Tab there is a Disk
> Cleanup button. I click on it and Disk Cleanup scans the drive which
> has a few options that you can turn on/off depending on what you want
> cleaned-up. I have Temporary Files checked. But for sometime now I
> always see 0 (zero) displayed for the disk space it takes up. I
> viewed the Temporary folder (the one in the Documents and Setting /
> (name_of_user) Local Settings / Temp which have a lot of files stored
> there. What is this disk cleanup utility looking for in the
> temporary folder to be on the cleanup list? Also is it just files
> with the .tmp extension or all file types in the TEMP folder?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark C

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain (More info?)

Mark,

Keep having fun! :-)


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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In newsytZqyC4EHA.3000@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
MarkC <None@nospam.com> hunted and pecked:
> Thanks for the reply Wesley, I will look into these URL's..
> Mark
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:%23VBCjA%233EHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> [[Programs sometimes store temporary information in a Temp folder.
>> Before a
>> program quits, the program usually deletes this information. You can
>> safely
>> delete temporary files that have not been modified in over a week.]]
>>
>> 7 days is the key here.
>>
>> All file types.
>>
>> Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310312
>>
>> How to Automate the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] us;Q315246
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In news:uvmB4773EHA.1976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
>> MarkC <None@nospam.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> XP Pro SP2:
>>>
>>> When I go to disk properties, on the General Tab there is a Disk
>>> Cleanup button. I click on it and Disk Cleanup scans the drive
>>> which has a few options that you can turn on/off depending on what
>>> you want cleaned-up. I have Temporary Files checked. But for
>>> sometime now I always see 0 (zero) displayed for the disk space it
>>> takes up. I viewed the Temporary folder (the one in the Documents
>>> and Setting / (name_of_user) Local Settings / Temp which have a lot
>>> of files stored there. What is this disk cleanup utility looking
>>> for in the temporary folder to be on the cleanup list? Also is it
>>> just files with the .tmp extension or all file types in the TEMP
>>> folder?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark C