Who or what's responsible for cleaning "Local SettingsTemp"?

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There's an awful lot of stuff in there. Who or what is supposed to get rid
of it?

I'm ->assuming that because the directory is called "Temp", the stuff can
be gotten rid of, but I don't recall ever having been given this
house cleaning assignment.

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com

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In news:#ZVXLI1UFHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl "Shenan Stanley"
<newshelper@gmail.com> wrote:

> Bert Hyman wrote:
>> There's an awful lot of stuff in there. Who or what is supposed to
>> get rid of it?
>>
>> I'm ->assuming that because the directory is called "Temp", the stuff
>> can be gotten rid of, but I don't recall ever having been given this
>> house cleaning assignment.
>
> Start --> Help & Support --> Disk Cleanup
> and/or
> Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Disk Cleanup

Thanks. That took care of a fair bit of it, but it's still a bit ...
untidy.

Assuming that there's nothing going on ->right now, is it safe to say that
anything in the ...\Temp directory is fair game to be deleted?

--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com

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Sometimes you will find that a software install or patch or upgrade creates
and/or puts stuff in the TEMP or TMP folder and fails to delete same when
the task is done. Your housekeeping task is to proceed with the
install/patch/upgrade and reboot. Once you've confirmed everything works as
expected navigate to the TEMP/TMP folder and delete everything you can.

"Bert Hyman" <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in message
news:Xns964FB78EFDBA2VeebleFetzer@207.46.248.16...
> In news:#ZVXLI1UFHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl "Shenan Stanley"
> <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Bert Hyman wrote:
>>> There's an awful lot of stuff in there. Who or what is supposed to
>>> get rid of it?
>>>
>>> I'm ->assuming that because the directory is called "Temp", the stuff
>>> can be gotten rid of, but I don't recall ever having been given this
>>> house cleaning assignment.
>>
>> Start --> Help & Support --> Disk Cleanup
>> and/or
>> Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Disk Cleanup
>
> Thanks. That took care of a fair bit of it, but it's still a bit ...
> untidy.
>
> Assuming that there's nothing going on ->right now, is it safe to say that
> anything in the ...\Temp directory is fair game to be deleted?
>
> --
> Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com

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Spock, I have never come accross such a situation....


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> Just be forewarned, some installers also put their "installation.log" in
> there also, which is required when "uninstalling" the software, either
> using the programs uninstall option, or via the Add/Remove Software
> component of Control Panel. Not to worry though, usually reinstalling the
> software upon itself, then an uninstall will allow the removal of the
> software.
>
> --
>
> Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your Service!
>
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>
> "Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
> news:uFsMvi3UFHA.2540@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Sometimes you will find that a software install or patch or upgrade
>> creates and/or puts stuff in the TEMP or TMP folder and fails to delete
>> same when the task is done. Your housekeeping task is to proceed with the
>> install/patch/upgrade and reboot. Once you've confirmed everything works
>> as expected navigate to the TEMP/TMP folder and delete everything you
>> can.
>>
>> "Bert Hyman" <bert@iphouse.com> wrote in message
>> news:Xns964FB78EFDBA2VeebleFetzer@207.46.248.16...
>>> In news:#ZVXLI1UFHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl "Shenan Stanley"
>>> <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Bert Hyman wrote:
>>>>> There's an awful lot of stuff in there. Who or what is supposed to
>>>>> get rid of it?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm ->assuming that because the directory is called "Temp", the stuff
>>>>> can be gotten rid of, but I don't recall ever having been given this
>>>>> house cleaning assignment.
>>>>
>>>> Start --> Help & Support --> Disk Cleanup
>>>> and/or
>>>> Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Disk
>>>> Cleanup
>>>
>>> Thanks. That took care of a fair bit of it, but it's still a bit ...
>>> untidy.
>>>
>>> Assuming that there's nothing going on ->right now, is it safe to say
>>> that
>>> anything in the ...\Temp directory is fair game to be deleted?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com
>>
>>
>
>