[Ham-Computers] Temp Directory/Housekeeping

[jandlmiller at bellsouth.net]

Everyone does their own "thing" and before my Saturday morning backups on my XP gear I delete my TEMP and PREFETCH, using:

Start/Run/Prefetch, then Edit, Select All and Delete to send all to the Recycle Bin

and

Start/Run/%TEMP%, then Edit, Select All and Delete all to the Recycle Bin

then

empty the Recycle Bin.

Sometimes when using the %TEMP% there is a log file that the OS will not allow me to delete, so it stays.  Often in prefetch, for the kind of computing I do, there are 100 to 200 files to remove each week, and in %TEMP% maybe six to a dozen.

For other OS I do the same, but since those machines don't need nor use the Web or the Internet there is less to do.

Additionally, I made a folder for all machines (in all OS) entitled C:\TEMP1 and another for C:\TMP1.  These two are used to quarantine all downloads until I have a chance to hit those folders with my virus, malware, spyware and similar armament.  Over time, I found that one would have been enough, but have never taken time to go back and delete C:TMP1 and use only the C:\TEMP1.

John W0IKT