[Ham-Computers] Re: Temp Directory

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Aaron,

Alright, now that we have established that "deltree" still works with XP 
Home Edition once copied to the C:\ root, back to my original question.

Can I safely delete the 44 sub-directories within the C:\ root temp 
directory along with the temp directory itself? Then just recreate a new 
temp directory using:
MD temp, press "enter".

The temp directory currently has 508 files in it, plus whatever lurks inside 
the 44 sub-directories. About 5 Meg total. Give or take a Meg!


Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)" <aaron.hsu at nbcuni.com>
To: "I>Ham-Computers" <Ham-Computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:57 PM
Subject: RE: Temp Directory


> Good day, Duane (et al),
>
> On your system, you can safely delete the contents of the C:\TEMP folder. 
> But, you need to keep the TEMP folder itself as the "TEMP" and "TMP" 
> environment variables point to C:\TEMP.  By default, Win2K/XP point "TEMP" 
> and "TMP" to a TEMP folder within the user profile of whoever's logged-on, 
> but I prefer to create a "common" TEMP folder on the root to make finding 
> and emptying the TEMP folder easier.  If the TEMP folder is missing, then 
> some apps will not work as they can't find the TEMP folder referenced by 
> the environment variables.
>
> So, again, it's safe to delete the contents of the folder, but not the 
> folder itself.  Also, since Windows usually has some temp files open, you 
> may not be able to delete all the files.  But, you should be able to 
> delete a majority of them.
>
> 73,
>
>  - Aaron, NN6O
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 6:24 PM
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] Re Temp Directory
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> This system is a Compaq business system, but at my request, using Windows 
> XP
> Home Edition as the OS.
>
> The C:\ root shows a 'temp' directory created by Windows. It contains 44
> sub-directories. The HD space used is about 71 billion.
>
> Everything contained in the directory, as well as the sub-directories,
> Windows put there, not I.
>
> Is there any reason as to why I can not simply delete the entire 
> directory?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
> dfischer at usol.com
> HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
> http://www.w9wze.net
> HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
> hhrp.w9wze.net
>
>
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