[Prof]

Is it a good idea to delete temporary files using the information below? Just wanted to check before using it, and others might find it useful. Many thanks!

"Removing Temporary Internet Files, History, Cookies and Temp Files :

What I do is I have these few lines of code in my Autoexec.bat file (this file is accessed during boot up) that automatically delete both these files when I turn the computer on. To use this method simply cut and paste this code into your Autoexec.bat file :

@ECHO OFF
IF EXIST C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE 2048 16
IF EXIST C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\*.* DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\*.* > NUL
IF EXIST C:\WINDOWS\COOKIES\*.* DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\COOKIES\*.* > NUL
IF EXIST C:\WINDOWS\RECENT\*.* DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\RECENT\*.* > NUL
IF EXIST C:\WINDOWS\HISTORY\*.* DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\HISTORY\*.* > NUL
IF EXIST C:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1\*.* DELTREE /Y C:\WINDOWS\TEMPOR~1\*.* > NUL


To edit your Autoexec.bat file to add this code go to Start/Find type Autoexec.bat in the search box and then right click on the file once it has been found and click on Edit. If you only want to delete these files every now and again remove the code after one full boot up and everything will return to normal when you reboot"

[pgriffet]

AMHA, it's not a good idea because your surf will be slower and all the sites you are visiting each day have to download on your PC all the gifs and jpegs which are the same as yesterday.
The cache has to be cleaned but certainly not at every boot.
My 2 cents.

[Bvr01Fvr]

Looks good to me! Good idea...and I might add a few other index.dat files to the list if it works well!



I tried this out and it doesn't work on my computer. I guess I will have to continue running a batch in safe mode with command prompt to delete such files.

[JohnWill]

Some of us have broadband, so a few graphic downloads aren't an issue.

[pgriffet]

Hi john, I do have broadband. The display within IE is (should be) faster and the Internet bandwidth is relieved, the webmaster of the site you visit will also thanks you. So everybody is happy.
There are millions of people surfing everyday. Can you imagine if everybody delete his cache everyday ? All that useless Internet traffic ? I have already seen people complain about the "slow Internet" but they clean their cache everyday. So they are partially responsible for this slowness. Just my 2 cents.

But you are right, with DSL/Cable it takes longer to search for a 1 KB file among thousand files on disk than download it from the site. So it's not necessary to clean the cache everyday, even for broadband users.
For performance reasons, you have to clean the TIF sometimes and also delete some locked files.

[Bvr01Fvr]

The real issue with Internet bandwidth are the spammers. But compare spammers to the RIAA. They both want your money so they aren't going to go away.

[Pumptech]

I don't know, the easyest way I've found to get rid of .tmp files, is to go to start/run/find and search *.tmp. Select all and delete. Only do it about once a week, depending on what kind of time i've spent on the comp or what new installs i've done, seems to be enough.

[flavallee]

PumpTech:

Besides deleting everything under:

*.TMP

Don't forget:

C:\TEMP\*.* (If this folder is present)

C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\*.*

And I always recommend rebooting your computer first, just to make sure that none of your temp files are in use.


Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

[Prof]

Is it safe to delete all the temp files in C:\WINDOWS\TEMP*.* ?
Thanks

[rameam]

I picked these up somewhere. They may be the same as you others have mentioned:

*.tmp,~*.*,*.chk

%temp%

delete all files found.

[flavallee]

Look at my article, "Throwing Out The Trash", and you'll see a list of files that are safe to delete.

I, for one, hate to have a computer full of useless junk.


Frank's Windows 95/98 Tips

[panzer999]

Thanks Prof...that's a GEM!

[Prof]

Your welcome panzer999 and thanks flavallee for the "throwing out the trash" Tips. I really cleaned out the files.......hope the computer starts in the morning. Ha!Ha!