Cleanup question

[Guest Ken G.]

Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about

Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using

cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder

displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of

junk in there?

[Guest db ´¯`·.. >]

Re: Cleanup question

 

not sure what you

are referring to. however

keeping your system clean

from clutter is beneficial.

 

you can run cleanmgr from

the run command line or

you can use software like

ccleaner or even this:

 

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm

 

however, there are many

more available....

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"Ken G." <KenG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget

> about

> Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using

> cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this

> folder

> displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about

> 5mb of

> junk in there?

[Guest Plato]

Re: Cleanup question

 

=?Utf-8?B?S2VuIEcu?= wrote:

>

> Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about

> Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using

> cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder

> displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of

> junk in there?

 

Try ccleanup:

 

http://www.ccleaner.com/download/downloadpage.aspx?1

 

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[Guest JS]

Re: Cleanup question

 

Disk Cleanup Tool May Not Delete Temporary Files:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261897

 

Forcing Windows XP's Disk Cleanup to delete all temporary files

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877_11-6168868.html

 

JS

 

"Ken G." <KenG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:13BD6ADD-5B2B-429E-A5A3-4B8C4ED3BC12@microsoft.com...

> Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about

> Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using

> cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder

> displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of

> junk in there?

[Guest Clark]

Re: Cleanup question

 

Plato wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?S2VuIEcu?= wrote:

>>

>> Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget

>> about Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references

>> to using cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of

>> this folder displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when

>> there's about 5mb of junk in there?

>

> Try ccleanup:

>

> http://www.ccleaner.com/download/downloadpage.aspx?1

 

I second the vote for CrapCleaner!!

 

Clark

[Guest Vanguard]

Re: Cleanup question

 

"Ken G." wrote in message

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> Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget

> about

> Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using

> cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this

> folder

> displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about

> 5mb of

> junk in there?

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315246/en-us

 

I add an event in task scheduler to do the cleanup once per week during

the early morning.

[Guest JS]

Re: Cleanup question

 

Three votes for CCleaner as a tool to remove Internet history info, cookies,

temp files, auto complete and other junk.

In the 'Windows' tab listing check the item types you want deleted.

Also available is customization, see Options/Custom to add any

other/additional folders you want files deleted from.

 

http://www.ccleaner.com/

 

JS

 

"Clark" <Clark_throwaway@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> Plato wrote:

>> =?Utf-8?B?S2VuIEcu?= wrote:

>>>

>>> Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget

>>> about Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references

>>> to using cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of

>>> this folder displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when

>>> there's about 5mb of junk in there?

>>

>> Try ccleanup:

>>

>> http://www.ccleaner.com/download/downloadpage.aspx?1

>

> I second the vote for CrapCleaner!!

>

> Clark

>

[Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Re: Cleanup question

 

This is because Disk Cleanup does not count files that have been modified/accessed in the last 7 days. You can change the setting though. See:

 

Alter the "LastAccess" value for cleaning the Temporary files using Disk Cleanup utility:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cleantemp.htm

 

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Regards,

 

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

 

 

"Ken G." <KenG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:13BD6ADD-5B2B-429E-A5A3-4B8C4ED3BC12@microsoft.com...

Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about

Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using

cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder

displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of

junk in there?

[Guest Curt Christianson]

Re: Cleanup question

 

Ramesh,

 

"Last Access" tip is great--thanks !

 

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HTH,

Curt

 

Windows Support Center

http://www.aumha.org

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"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message

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This is because Disk Cleanup does not count files that have been

modified/accessed in the last 7 days. You can change the setting though.

See:

 

Alter the "LastAccess" value for cleaning the Temporary files using Disk

Cleanup utility:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cleantemp.htm

 

--

Regards,

 

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

 

 

"Ken G." <KenG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:13BD6ADD-5B2B-429E-A5A3-4B8C4ED3BC12@microsoft.com...

Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about

Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using

cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder

displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of

junk in there?

[Guest Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Re: Cleanup question

 

You've very welcome, Curt.

 

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Regards,

 

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

 

 

"Curt Christianson" <curtchristnsn@NOSPAM.Yahoo.com> wrote in message news:epdySynzHHA.4824@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

Ramesh,

 

"Last Access" tip is great--thanks !

 

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HTH,

Curt

 

Windows Support Center

http://www.aumha.org

Practically Nerded,...

http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm

 

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message

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This is because Disk Cleanup does not count files that have been

modified/accessed in the last 7 days. You can change the setting though.

See:

 

Alter the "LastAccess" value for cleaning the Temporary files using Disk

Cleanup utility:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cleantemp.htm

 

--

Regards,

 

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

 

 

"Ken G." <KenG@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:13BD6ADD-5B2B-429E-A5A3-4B8C4ED3BC12@microsoft.com...

Yes I know that there's lots of people in this forum who say forget about

Disk Cleanup, but I have a question. There's many references to using

cleanup for deleting windows temp files, but the content of this folder

displayed by cleanup is always zero. Why is this when there's about 5mb of

junk in there?