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05-03-2008
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| | *SEARCH* Arghhhh! I open c: drive and do a search for "temp." I want to find all the temp folders and see if there is junk in them I can delete. Search finds about 40 folders with the word "temp" in them and takes about 25 seconds to do it. I click on one of the found folders and it opens and I check out what is in there. I click the arrow to go back to the search list and the damn thing starts over... it does the search again!!! So... I try the "Save search" thing... but all that does is save the search word... that's about as stupid a function as Microsoft has ever thought up. What's the point in saving a search word when it just starts over anyway? In XP I could do what I wanted in search. Check one of the found folders and go back to the search list. Is there a way to junk vista's search and go back to xp's? John |
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05-03-2008
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| | Re: *SEARCH* Arghhhh! "John" <john6528@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OaJhPBSrIHA.5580@xxxxxx Quote: >I open c: drive and do a search for "temp." I want to find all the temp >folders and see if there is junk in them I can delete. > > Search finds about 40 folders with the word "temp" in them and takes about > 25 seconds to do it. > > I click on one of the found folders and it opens and I check out what is > in there. > > I click the arrow to go back to the search list and the damn thing starts > over... it does the search again!!! > > So... I try the "Save search" thing... but all that does is save the > search word... that's about as stupid a function as Microsoft has ever > thought up. What's the point in saving a search word when it just starts > over anyway? > > In XP I could do what I wanted in search. Check one of the found folders > and go back to the search list. Is there a way to junk vista's search and > go back to xp's? You could do a search for .tmp files in C:\ now and again if you really want to, but the only place you really should check that often is in your user temp folder. Just type %temp% into an address bar. You can also check out C:\Windows\temp, but there will not be so much to delete there very often. ss. |
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05-03-2008
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| | Re: *SEARCH* Arghhhh! I use ccleaner that also has a portable no-install version google "ccleaner" "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eqLGYOSrIHA.5580@xxxxxx Quote: > "John" <john6528@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:OaJhPBSrIHA.5580@xxxxxx Quote: >>I open c: drive and do a search for "temp." I want to find all the temp >>folders and see if there is junk in them I can delete. >> >> Search finds about 40 folders with the word "temp" in them and takes >> about 25 seconds to do it. >> >> I click on one of the found folders and it opens and I check out what is >> in there. >> >> I click the arrow to go back to the search list and the damn thing starts >> over... it does the search again!!! >> >> So... I try the "Save search" thing... but all that does is save the >> search word... that's about as stupid a function as Microsoft has ever >> thought up. What's the point in saving a search word when it just starts >> over anyway? >> >> In XP I could do what I wanted in search. Check one of the found folders >> and go back to the search list. Is there a way to junk vista's search and >> go back to xp's? > > You could do a search for .tmp files in C:\ now and again if you really > want to, but the only place you really should check that often is in your > user temp folder. > > Just type %temp% into an address bar. You can also check out > C:\Windows\temp, but there will not be so much to delete there very often. > > ss. > |
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05-03-2008
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| | Re: *SEARCH* Arghhhh! "Clear Windows" <carlferedeck@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:481c6dee$1@xxxxxx-privat.org... Quote: >I use ccleaner that also has a portable no-install version > > google "ccleaner" http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt...1faf2a874ebdbd ss. |
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05-03-2008
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| | Re: *SEARCH* Arghhhh! I used temp as an example. I wasn't looking for advice on how to handle temp foldres. shhesh! Gess Synapse Syndrome wrote: Quote: > "John" <john6528@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:OaJhPBSrIHA.5580@xxxxxx Quote: >> I open c: drive and do a search for "temp." I want to find all the temp >> folders and see if there is junk in them I can delete. >> >> Search finds about 40 folders with the word "temp" in them and takes about >> 25 seconds to do it. >> >> I click on one of the found folders and it opens and I check out what is >> in there. >> >> I click the arrow to go back to the search list and the damn thing starts >> over... it does the search again!!! >> >> So... I try the "Save search" thing... but all that does is save the >> search word... that's about as stupid a function as Microsoft has ever >> thought up. What's the point in saving a search word when it just starts >> over anyway? >> >> In XP I could do what I wanted in search. Check one of the found folders >> and go back to the search list. Is there a way to junk vista's search and >> go back to xp's? > > You could do a search for .tmp files in C:\ now and again if you really want > to, but the only place you really should check that often is in your user > temp folder. > > Just type %temp% into an address bar. You can also check out > C:\Windows\temp, but there will not be so much to delete there very often. > > ss. > > |
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05-03-2008
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| | Re: *SEARCH* Arghhhh! I use cccleaner too but it doesn't find everything. John Clear Windows wrote: Quote: > I use ccleaner that also has a portable no-install version > > google "ccleaner" > > > "Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:eqLGYOSrIHA.5580@xxxxxx Quote: >> "John" <john6528@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:OaJhPBSrIHA.5580@xxxxxx Quote: >>> I open c: drive and do a search for "temp." I want to find all the >>> temp folders and see if there is junk in them I can delete. >>> >>> Search finds about 40 folders with the word "temp" in them and takes >>> about 25 seconds to do it. >>> >>> I click on one of the found folders and it opens and I check out what >>> is in there. >>> >>> I click the arrow to go back to the search list and the damn thing >>> starts over... it does the search again!!! >>> >>> So... I try the "Save search" thing... but all that does is save the >>> search word... that's about as stupid a function as Microsoft has >>> ever thought up. What's the point in saving a search word when it >>> just starts over anyway? >>> >>> In XP I could do what I wanted in search. Check one of the found >>> folders and go back to the search list. Is there a way to junk >>> vista's search and go back to xp's? >> >> You could do a search for .tmp files in C:\ now and again if you >> really want to, but the only place you really should check that often >> is in your user temp folder. >> >> Just type %temp% into an address bar. You can also check out >> C:\Windows\temp, but there will not be so much to delete there very >> often. >> >> ss. >> |
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05-03-2008
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| | Re: *SEARCH* Arghhhh! On Sat, 03 May 2008 11:16:22 -0500, John <john6528@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >I used temp as an example. I wasn't looking for advice on how to handle >temp foldres. shhesh! that is apparent]? |
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05-03-2008
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| | Re: *SEARCH* Arghhhh! On Sat, 03 May 2008 11:21:18 -0500, John <john6528@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >I use cccleaner too but it doesn't find everything. Did you happen to see that it has an option where you can set "custom" folders for it to check? |
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05-03-2008
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| | Re: *SEARCH* Arghhhh! "John" <john6528@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OtznFnTrIHA.420@xxxxxx Quote: >I use cccleaner too but it doesn't find everything. > ss. |
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05-03-2008
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| | Re: *SEARCH* Arghhhh! I guess this is not the place to come for help. Reading through other posts it seems to be mostly a contest of who can be the most abusive. Isn't there a moderator for this thing? John Synapse Syndrome wrote: Quote: > "John" <john6528@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:OtznFnTrIHA.420@xxxxxx Quote: >> I use cccleaner too but it doesn't find everything. >> > Oh, now you are looking for temp files after all, retard? > > ss. > > |
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