|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Welcome to Windows Vista Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find solutions with any problems, errors or issues you are experiencing with Windows Vista. The Vista forum also covers news and updates and has an extensive Windows Vista tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks. |
| |||||||
 |
| |
12-09-2006
| #1 (permalink) |
| | Temp files?-Disk cleanup misses them in Vista Hi, Some help here please? In disk cleanup; it says Temp files; and when I use disk cleanup, it supposedly sees them.(There's a box to check in disk cleanup that says Temp files) but it always says 0 kb. I check it anyway. I then run disk cleanup. Afterwards,when I type %temp% in search; I get Temp and temp-looks like the same folder, but nothing was deleted? Wasn't there a way in XP to designate how long files stayed in there? and why doesn't disk clean up see them? Also, have a shredder that WILL shred, but have to manually go to the folder and highlight all files. Sort of a pita, any suggestions on how to run it like a task? it's from O&O. Jeff |
My System Specs |
|
12-09-2006
| #2 (permalink) |
| | Re: Temp files?-Disk cleanup misses them in Vista Hi Jeff, Alter the "LastAccess" value for cleaning the Temporary files using Disk Cleanup utility: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cleantemp.htm (This applies to Windows Vista as well.) -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Jeff" <S.Cerevesiae@lol.com> wrote in message news:u0PEle1GHHA.816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi, Some help here please? In disk cleanup; it says Temp files; and when I use disk cleanup, it supposedly sees them.(There's a box to check in disk cleanup that says Temp files) but it always says 0 kb. I check it anyway. I then run disk cleanup. Afterwards,when I type %temp% in search; I get Temp and temp-looks like the same folder, but nothing was deleted? Wasn't there a way in XP to designate how long files stayed in there? and why doesn't disk clean up see them? Also, have a shredder that WILL shred, but have to manually go to the folder and highlight all files. Sort of a pita, any suggestions on how to run it like a task? it's from O&O. Jeff |
| My System Specs |
|
12-09-2006
| #3 (permalink) |
| | Re: Temp files?-Disk cleanup misses them in Vista Ramesh, Thx, Jeff "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:uajnb02GHHA.960@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Hi Jeff, Alter the "LastAccess" value for cleaning the Temporary files using Disk Cleanup utility: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cleantemp.htm (This applies to Windows Vista as well.) -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Jeff" <S.Cerevesiae@lol.com> wrote in message news:u0PEle1GHHA.816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi, Some help here please? In disk cleanup; it says Temp files; and when I use disk cleanup, it supposedly sees them.(There's a box to check in disk cleanup that says Temp files) but it always says 0 kb. I check it anyway. I then run disk cleanup. Afterwards,when I type %temp% in search; I get Temp and temp-looks like the same folder, but nothing was deleted? Wasn't there a way in XP to designate how long files stayed in there? and why doesn't disk clean up see them? Also, have a shredder that WILL shred, but have to manually go to the folder and highlight all files. Sort of a pita, any suggestions on how to run it like a task? it's from O&O. Jeff |
| My System Specs |
|
12-09-2006
| #4 (permalink) |
| | Re: Temp files?-Disk cleanup misses them in Vista Ramesh, Worked GREAT!!! set it to 0- I HATE temp files being there!! thanks alot-gonna look into the other thing-how to schedule it;from your site!!!!!! Thanks, Jeff "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:uajnb02GHHA.960@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Hi Jeff, Alter the "LastAccess" value for cleaning the Temporary files using Disk Cleanup utility: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cleantemp.htm (This applies to Windows Vista as well.) -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Jeff" <S.Cerevesiae@lol.com> wrote in message news:u0PEle1GHHA.816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... Hi, Some help here please? In disk cleanup; it says Temp files; and when I use disk cleanup, it supposedly sees them.(There's a box to check in disk cleanup that says Temp files) but it always says 0 kb. I check it anyway. I then run disk cleanup. Afterwards,when I type %temp% in search; I get Temp and temp-looks like the same folder, but nothing was deleted? Wasn't there a way in XP to designate how long files stayed in there? and why doesn't disk clean up see them? Also, have a shredder that WILL shred, but have to manually go to the folder and highlight all files. Sort of a pita, any suggestions on how to run it like a task? it's from O&O. Jeff |
| My System Specs |
|
12-09-2006
| #5 (permalink) |
| | Re: Temp files?-Disk cleanup misses them in Vista Thanks for the update, Jeff. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com "Jeff" <SierraNevada@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:FACD103E-027E-4DED-B178-249171A5D5B9@microsoft.com... Ramesh, Worked GREAT!!! set it to 0- I HATE temp files being there!! thanks alot-gonna look into the other thing-how to schedule it;from your site!!!!!! Thanks, Jeff "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@XOX.mvps.org> wrote in message news:uajnb02GHHA.960@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... Hi Jeff, Alter the "LastAccess" value for cleaning the Temporary files using Disk Cleanup utility: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/cleantemp.htm (This applies to Windows Vista as well.) -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User] Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com |
| My System Specs |
|
12-12-2006
| #6 (permalink) |
| | RE: Temp files?-Disk cleanup misses them in Vista Jeff, Check out www.ccleaner.com. It's an excellent free utility for cleaning up the junk. -J "Jeff" wrote: > Hi, > Some help here please? > In disk cleanup; it says Temp files; and when I use disk cleanup, it > supposedly sees them.(There's a box to check in disk cleanup that says Temp > files) but it always says 0 kb. I check it anyway. I then run disk cleanup. > Afterwards,when I type %temp% in search; I get Temp and temp-looks like the > same folder, but nothing was deleted? > Wasn't there a way in XP to designate how long files stayed in there? and > why doesn't disk clean up see them? > Also, have a shredder that WILL shred, but have to manually go to the > folder and highlight all files. > Sort of a pita, any suggestions on how to run it like a task? it's from O&O. > > Jeff > > |
| My System Specs |
|
| Thread Tools | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| Disk Cleanup Which Files? | General Discussion | |||
| Disk Cleanup - Last Access Limit on Temp Files | Tutorials | |||
| question about what files i can safely use disk cleanup on ... | Vista performance & maintenance | |||
| Disk Cleanup not deleting files | Vista performance & maintenance | |||
