TMP files - safe to delete?

[Peter Wardley Repen]

I'm getting "disk full" and print spooling errors and I find I have masses
of .tmp and ~wrlxxx.doc files on the hard drive.

Question: is it safe to delete them to free up space, or will I eff up the
operation of Word if I do?

Second question, just out of curiosity - if they're not needed after a Word
session, how come Word doesn't delete them automatically?

BTW I'm using Word 97

TIA,

Peter Wardley-Repen

[PTT, Inc.]

Yes, it is safe to delete them. However close out all running programs,
then go into Windows Explorer. It is actually easier to search for files
with "*.tmp", select them all, then delete them. Open Explorer, click on
the "C" drive icon in the folder list to the left. Click on "Tools",
"Find", "Files or folders", then type *.tmp in the "Named" text box. Make
sure the "Include Subfolders" checkbox is checked. Once it has stopped,
press CTRL-A to select all of them, then press the "Delete" key.

Normally, the computer DOES delete them, unless the machine locks up. If a
program is exited normally, all tmp files are automatically deleted. You
can actually look at the dates and see exactly when you were pulling your
hair out because of the machine locking up! What obviously happens as the
number of tmp files grow, you run out of hard drive and "swap" file space.
This will cause even more lockups, and more "tmp" files, etc., etc., etc.

Regards,

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
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[Graham Mayor]

Delete them. Regularly delete *everything* in the c:windows\temp folder.
Files named ~$filename.doc or ~$templatename.dot are working files that are
deleted when you close Word. They can remain if Word crashes for any reason.
temporary files *should* be deleted by Windows, but the operation is not as
tidy as it might be. Always shut down Windows properly before switching off.
It would also be worth running scandisk as this type of behaviour also
suggests disc errors.
Hard disc space is now ridiculously cheap - treat yourself to a new hd.

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Hi Graham,

HD's are indeed very cheap, but don't forget the story of the peron
owning a pond. Every year that pond was closed off by a particularly
viscious type of algae. These little critters had the habit of
multiplying once a day. It took 77 days to let the whole pond be
poisoned by this lifeform.
So, what did the geezer do? He rang a construction company, telling
them to dig an extension to the pond, making it twice as big. You may
have guessed, this caused the pond to be grown full in just 78 days.

What can we learn from this: double the capacity of your hard drive and
it takes only one extra day to create a mess that is twice what you had
in the first place.

Richard (NL)

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[Peter Wardley Repen]

Thanks Bill, that did it!

> Normally, the computer DOES delete them, unless the machine locks up. If
a
> program is exited normally, all tmp files are automatically deleted. You
> can actually look at the dates and see exactly when you were pulling your
> hair out because of the machine locking up! What obviously happens as the
> number of tmp files grow, you run out of hard drive and "swap" file space.
> This will cause even more lockups, and more "tmp" files, etc., etc., etc.

And that explains the dates on the files - I was a little puzzled that none
of them seemed recent, but they do correlate with the dates of crashes!

Peter

[Bob Askey]

Where I work temp files have become a real pain. Hard drives fill up and
users are always complaining about how slow their machines are.

I finally wrote a VB app that deletes files over two days old from the
Windows Temp directory. I found code for GetTempPath. It only works if the
path found is C:\Temp or C:\Windows\Temp. Does not delete any sub folders.
Does not delete system or hidden files. Will prompt user if file is
read-only before deleting.

I have been using the app for over two years and it is working very well.
It is copyrighted but free if someone wants a copy. I have tested and used
this extensively but will not take any responsibility for your machine.
Anything can happen with Windows. I have been running this on well over 100
computers Windows 95/98/NT4/Windows 2000.

Thanks,
Bob Askey

[Anne Troy]

I wrote an article earlier this year. It's "Periodic Hard Drive Maintenance"
under Article III at http://www.helponthe.net/news/042000.html You may find
the rest of Article III interesting as well.

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