[Saussure]

I have noticed tons of lpksetup files gathering in my Temps folder under Windows. Everytime I boot the computer, new ones are added. Can I delete them safely? Or will ATF Cleaner do so? Does it run at all on Windows Vista Home Premium, or is it only a Windows XP tool? Using Disk Cleanup does not empty the folder. Below is a screenshot of the files I found:

[DaveA]

Any file in the Windows Temp folder should be able to be deleted. It pays to restart ones machine after you empty the temp folder, as it may remove some that are still in use and must be regenerated.

[Saussure]

Okay, but what kind of files are these lpksetup files anyway? How do I prevent them from being created in the first place? And does ATF Cleaner run under Windows Vista? I'm not sure I want to fiddle manually with the temp folder under windows...

[DaveA]

They are required temp files for Vista. All machines will have them, if you are that concerned just go in a delete them from time to time.

All OS's and programs use temp files it is standard and they should in most cases get deleted when the guilty program closes properly, BUT, not always.

[TheOutcaste]

They are showing as Text Documents, so just double click one and it should open in Notepad. That might give you a clue as to what program is creating them. Probably a log file of some kind; the .log extension shows as a Text Document as well as .txt files.

Don't see too many programs that use Windows\temp -- most use the temp folder under the current users profile, which is at C:\Users\<username\AppData\Local\Temp and is what the %temp% system variable points to. Most cleaners only empty the folder that %temp% points to, and not the Windows\Temp folder. But, anything put into a temp folder should be safe to delete.

I don't use any cleaners, I just manually check %temp% and Windows\temp from time to time and delete whatever is in there.

HTH

Jerry

[Saussure]

Outcaste, thanks for your suggestion, I opened one of the text files and found the following, it seems to related to a language pack problem. Any ideas how to solve this?
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17:15:02:916 : DEBUG: _wsetlocale returns: German_Switzerland.1252
17:15:03:009 : DEBUG: Cleaning working path in a new thread
17:15:03:134 : DEBUG: Failed to remove directory C:\Windows\TEMP\lpksetup with error 3
17:15:03:789 : License "Kernel-MUI-Number-Allowed" queried, value: "1"
17:15:03:899 : PERF: Enumerating installed languages - ENTER
17:15:04:055 : LanguagePack en-US created.
17:15:04:226 : type: MUI
17:15:04:351 : identity: Microsoft-Windows-Client-LanguagePack-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~x86~en-US~6.0.6000.16386
17:15:04:476 : cab file: (null)
17:15:04:601 : DEBUG: Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package is not a language type package
17:15:04:788 : DEBUG: Microsoft-Windows-HomePremiumEdition is not a language type package
17:15:04:913 : DEBUG: Microsoft-Windows-NetFx3-OC-Package is not a language type package
17:15:05:256 : DEBUG: Microsoft-Windows-NetFx3-OC-Package is not a language type package
17:15:05:349 : DEBUG: Microsoft-Windows-Printing-XPSServices-Package is not a language type package
17:15:05:615 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB925902 is not a language type package
17:15:05:771 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB929399 is not a language type package
17:15:05:958 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB929577 is not a language type package
17:15:06:145 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB929615 is not a language type package
17:15:06:317 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB929735 is not a language type package
17:15:06:441 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB929761 is not a language type package
17:15:06:566 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB929763 is not a language type package
17:15:06:769 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB929777 is not a language type package
17:15:06:956 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB930163 is not a language type package
17:15:07:081 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB930178 is not a language type package
17:15:07:206 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB930857 is not a language type package
17:15:07:331 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB930883 is not a language type package
17:15:07:487 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB931099 is not a language type package
17:15:07:643 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB931174 is not a language type package
17:15:07:861 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB931573 is not a language type package
17:15:08:017 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB931621 is not a language type package
17:15:08:142 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB931812 is not a language type package
17:15:08:267 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB932818 is not a language type package
17:15:08:454 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB933750 is not a language type package
17:15:08:610 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB934237 is not a language type package
17:15:08:735 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB935652 is not a language type package
17:15:08:859 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB936003 is not a language type package
17:15:09:015 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB936150 is not a language type package
17:15:09:140 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB936357 is not a language type package
17:15:09:296 : DEBUG: Package_1_for_KB936825 is not a language type package
17:15:09:452 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB928089 is not a language type package
17:15:09:577 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB929123 is not a language type package
17:15:09:702 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB931213 is not a language type package
17:15:09:827 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB931768 is not a language type package
17:15:09:983 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB931836 is not a language type package
17:15:10:107 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB932246 is not a language type package
17:15:10:232 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB932649 is not a language type package
17:15:10:388 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB933566 is not a language type package
17:15:10:513 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB933928 is not a language type package
17:15:10:700 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB935280 is not a language type package
17:15:10:825 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB935807 is not a language type package
17:15:10:950 : DEBUG: Package_for_KB936824 is not a language type package
17:15:11:106 : PERF: Enumerating installed languages - LEAVE
17:15:11:231 : INFO: There are no languages to cleanup
17:15:11:355 : PERF: RestorePointEnd - ENTER
17:15:11:511 : PERF: RestorePointEnd - LEAVE
17:15:11:636 : DEBUG: Cleaning working path in a new process

[davehc]

It is a Language Pack Removal scheduled service The service is scheduled to execute after every bootup. Microsoft says "Unused language pack files are automatically deleted from your computer. LPRemove is the program that automatically runs in silent mode during the boot process to perform this task."
It is another one of Microsoft's whims as does not need to be repeated after every bootup.
You can disable it in Computer Management without any harm, so that no more will appear in the temp folder.
Select Administrative tools in the Control Panel, and then Computer management.
go to: TaskScheduler --> TaskSchedulerLibrary --> Microsoft --> Windows --> MUI
. Now doubleclick in the UPPER central window pane; then click the "Triggers" tab, and then the "Edit" button in the lower part of that tab. Finally, in the Edit dialog, uncheck the "Enabled" checkbox.

[Saussure]

Ahhhh, typical Microsoft :-D Thank you very much for the detailed information and your solution, I'll apply it as soon as I get round to using my laptop.