Cleanup question

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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?
 
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?
 
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?
 
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
 
"Ken G." 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?

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.
 
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
>
 
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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"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?
 
Ramesh,

"Last Access" tip is great--thanks !

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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
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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?
 
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 !

--
HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
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?
 
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