How To Manually Clean Out The Temp Folder In Windows Vista
Manually cleaning out the Temp folder in Window Vista is often a necessary maintenance step when the Windows Vista Disk Cleanup utility fails to completely clean out the Temp folder.
Removing temporary files is a quick and easy task that can help save disk space and keep your PC clean of file clutter. Just follow the step by step directions below to manually clean out the Temp folder:
1. Click on Start, type the following command in the search box, and then hit the Enter key.
%temp%
This command will open the folder that Windows Vista has designated as the Temporary folder. These are folders and files that Windows needed at one time but are no longer useful. Everything in this folder is safe to delete.
2. To remove individual folders or files, hold down your Ctrl key while left-clicking on each item you want delete. Release the Ctrl key when you’re finished.
3. To delete these items, hit your Delete key or click the Organize button on the toolbar menu, followed by the Delete option.
You will probably be prompted to confirm that you wish to Delete Multiple Items. Click on Yes to confirm.
4. If you’d instead like to remove everything inside the Temp folder, click on the Organize button and then choose Select All from the menu.
Note: If you’re prompted that there are hidden files in this folder, just click on OK to bypass the message. A few hidden files hanging out in the Temp folder probably aren’t important enough to worry about.
5. Again, to delete these items, hit your Delete key or click the Organize button on the toolbar menu, followed by the Delete option.
You will probably be prompted again to confirm that you wish to Delete Multiple Items. Click on Yes to confirm.
6. After all of the files have been deleted you can close the folder window and empty your Recycle Bin, permanently removing the files from your PC.
Tips:
You may receive a Error Deleting File or Folder message while the files are being deleted. This just means that one of the files is in use by a program right now. Click OK, close all open programs, and repeat the steps above. If you still receive the message, try restarting your PC and repeating the process again
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markvm1 on 12 Jul 2007 at 4:30 pm #
just wanted to say thanks for the tip on cleaning windows temp folder
in vista was a pain doing it one by one removing tmp files.it sure did use alot of my hd space.
thanx again.
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Thank you.
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fed on 21 Dec 2008 at 11:30 am #
This tip could be a bit dangerous, for example when I did this a lot of files and folders came up, I was about to delete them and the realize those were part of a folder I have called “Templates”. The search term %temp% will also include my “templates” folder in the search criteria.
So before you go and delete everything you see after searching, read and understand what you are going to delete.