Removal of Files using the %temp% command run line

[Guest Thomas]

I run Win 2K Pro on one hard drive & Vista Ult. on another. If I run the

%temp% command in Vista I can free up extra "leftover" files & the space they

take up. If I run the %temp% command in Win 2K will I remove essential

files? Some seem to be extremely large and I am thinking if I delete them, I

might disable all my apps and other installations. Disk CleanUp utility in

both Win 2K Pro and Vista leave the files listed by running the %temp%

command unremoved but the space shown for these residual files in Vista is

small (each under 1/4MB, whereas some Win 2K Pro files show dozens of MB

each--so I am wondering if these are NEEDED and the

%temp% command should NOT be run in Win 2K Pro.

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Thomas Peter v B

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Removal of Files using the %temp% command run line

 

 

"Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I run Win 2K Pro on one hard drive & Vista Ult. on another. If I run the

> %temp% command in Vista I can free up extra "leftover" files & the space

> they

> take up. If I run the %temp% command in Win 2K will I remove essential

> files? Some seem to be extremely large and I am thinking if I delete

> them, I

> might disable all my apps and other installations. Disk CleanUp utility in

> both Win 2K Pro and Vista leave the files listed by running the %temp%

> command unremoved but the space shown for these residual files in Vista is

> small (each under 1/4MB, whereas some Win 2K Pro files show dozens of MB

> each--so I am wondering if these are NEEDED and the

> %temp% command should NOT be run in Win 2K Pro.

> --

> Thomas Peter v B

 

%temp% is not a command - it is an environmental variable that

points at your current temporary folder. As its name says, this

folder contains nothing but temporary files. You can delete anything

within it without risk. Of course you should not do this during an

installation process because it might disrupt the current installation.