C:\temp folder vs. C:\Windows\TEMP folder?

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thomas - 13 Aug 2004 18:39 GMT

What's the story on the C:\temp folder? It has gotten quite large on my
computer over the years. What is it good for?

I used Find here, and retrieved the recent forum discussion about deleting
the contents of the C:\Windows\TEMP folder, but nothing about C:\temp
folder.

Windows deletes its "Temporary files" (in the C:\Windows\TEMP folder, I
presume) when the Disk Cleanup (TUNEUP.EXE) feature is used, but this
operation doesn't seem to touch C:\temp.

BTW, I am using Win98se.

Thanks for any insight.

Thomas

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Ron Martell - 13 Aug 2004 20:45 GMT

>What's the story on the C:\temp folder? It has gotten quite large on my
>computer over the years. What is it good for?
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>Thomas

The use of the C:\TEMP folder predates Windows by a number of years.
It was often used in the early days of DOS to hold temporary files.

If your computer has a in the autoexec.bat file that reads:

SET TEMP = C:\TEMP

then that would account for the presence of temporary files in the
C:\TEMP folder. My suggestion would to remove that line completely
from the autoexec.bat file and let the Windows default settings
prevail.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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thomas - 31 Aug 2004 04:48 GMT

Thanks. That was it exactly. I found that SET TEMP=C:\TEMP was in the
autoexec.bat file.

Thanks again.

thomas

> >What's the story on the C:\temp folder? It has gotten quite large on my
> >computer over the years. What is it good for?
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> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

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