how do I delete temporary files?
after running the webroot anylyze on my laptop, I received a result that said a lot of temporary files. so, how do i delete those that i cannot see?
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Hello bigser,
Welcome to the Community Forum,
Sorry toi of taken so long to answer but you must of slipped through the cracks.
Go Here for W/7
Below for Windows 8
To open the temp folder, click Start or go to the Windows 8 Search charm, type %temp%, and select the folder that appears.
Once there, you can manually delete files and subfolders. But you probably can't delete all of them. Windows won't let you do away with those currently in use. That's fine. You don't want to delete those ones anyway.
In fact, you really don't want to delete any files created since the last time you booted your PC. So if you shut down Windows every night (and I mean shut it down, not sleep or hibernate), and boot clean every morning, you can safely delete any files in Temp not dated today.
Also it wouldn't hurt to clean out your temporary internet files too. Here is a Micorsoft Article here and go HERE for other browsers.
Hope this helps!
KInd Regards,
Welcome to the Community Forum,
Sorry toi of taken so long to answer but you must of slipped through the cracks.
Go Here for W/7
Below for Windows 8
To open the temp folder, click Start or go to the Windows 8 Search charm, type %temp%, and select the folder that appears.
Once there, you can manually delete files and subfolders. But you probably can't delete all of them. Windows won't let you do away with those currently in use. That's fine. You don't want to delete those ones anyway.
In fact, you really don't want to delete any files created since the last time you booted your PC. So if you shut down Windows every night (and I mean shut it down, not sleep or hibernate), and boot clean every morning, you can safely delete any files in Temp not dated today.
Also it wouldn't hurt to clean out your temporary internet files too. Here is a Micorsoft Article here and go HERE for other browsers.
Hope this helps!
KInd Regards,
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