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Geeta
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Join Date: Aug 2007
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04-Nov-2009, 07:24 PM
#1
What is consuming my disk??
I am down to 1% free space and I cant figure out what is eating up my disk space. I printed the report from the disk defragmenter and it seems there are 3 temporary files taking up space but I have no idea what program is creating them and I can't find them to delete. They also seem to have many fragments. The files are:
4GB 28,615 fragments ...\local settings\temp\acr15A8.tmp
33GB 697 fragments ...\local settings\temp\acr3c.tmp
44GB 2,175 fragments ...\local settings\temp\acr1e00.tmp
Help!!
Ed
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Phantom010
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04-Nov-2009, 08:39 PM
#2
They seem to be Adobe Acrobat Reader temp files.
They are temp files located in C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp.
It's a hidden folder. Simply open your Folder Options > View > put a check mark on "Show hidden files and folders".
Delete the content of the folder.
TheOutcaste
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05-Nov-2009, 01:40 AM
#3
Click
Start | Run
, type
%temp%
, press
Enter
(If you don't have
Run
on the
Start Menu
, press
WinKey+R
)
That will open your temp folder for you even if hidden.
aka Brett
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05-Nov-2009, 02:04 AM
#4
80 gigs..wow
I had 30 something once and thought that was bad
TheOutcaste
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05-Nov-2009, 03:28 AM
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aka Brett
80 gigs..wow
I had 30 something once and thought that was bad
I WAS 30 something once and thought that was bad
Doesn't seem so bad some 20 odd years later...
Geeta
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05-Nov-2009, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by
Phantom010
They seem to be Adobe Acrobat Reader temp files.
They are temp files located in C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp.
It's a hidden folder. Simply open your Folder Options > View > put a check mark on "Show hidden files and folders".
Delete the content of the folder.
Thank you. I don't know why Adobe went crazy but they are gone now and I have a huge amount of space back.
Ed
Geeta
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05-Nov-2009, 09:29 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
TheOutcaste
Click
Start | Run
, type
%temp%
, press
Enter
(If you don't have
Run
on the
Start Menu
, press
WinKey+R
)
That will open your temp folder for you even if hidden.
This is very nice. I'll put it in my tool box for future use. Thank you
Ed
Phantom010
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05-Nov-2009, 09:46 AM
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You're welcome!
flavallee
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05-Nov-2009, 09:47 AM
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Ed:
You should empty out the contents of these 2 temp folders on a regular basis:
C:\WINDOWS\Temp
C:\Documents And Settings\(Username)\Local Settings\Temp
And don't forget to empty the Recycle Bin afterwards.
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