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Xemnas wrote on 2011-04-18 08:09
I have over 200 temp files with nothing in them (0KB), is it safe to delete them?
I also have several logs from programs from last year.
I'm terrible with computers so I felt like asking.
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Chromatic wrote on 2011-04-18 11:58
everything that's considered temp files is safe to delete. They're just system logs for something that you installed
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Xemnas wrote on 2011-04-18 13:56
Thanks. I just didn't want to delete any data or something.
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Osayidan wrote on 2011-04-18 17:44
Quote from Chromatic;414440:
everything that's considered temp files is safe to delete. They're just system logs for something that you installed
The ones for windows updates, especially hot fixes, sometimes causes them to be unable to uninstall if you delete those.
Usually no one cares but if for whatever reason you needed to uninstall a hotfix for some problem it causes you get screwed.
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-04-18 19:59
If you want to be on the safe side, you can use Windows' built in Disk Cleanup tool. It'll help you delete other stuff too, if you want.
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Xemnas wrote on 2011-04-20 07:34
Quote from Yoorah;414852:
If you want to be on the safe side, you can use Windows' built in Disk Cleanup tool. It'll help you delete other stuff too, if you want.
I never even knew that existed.
+rep
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Piko wrote on 2011-04-20 09:34
Quote from Yoorah;414852:
If you want to be on the safe side, you can use Windows' built in Disk Cleanup tool. It'll help you delete other stuff too, if you want.
Eh, that thing never worked properly for me. Programs like Defraggler and CCleaner by Piriform work much better :/
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Taycat wrote on 2011-04-20 09:38
Quote from Pikablu;416805:
Eh, that thing never worked properly for me. Programs like Defraggler and CCleaner by Piriform work much better :/
This.
Defraggler finished in like, 2 hours compared to 5 or 6 with the default's that Windows gives.
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Xemnas wrote on 2011-04-20 09:43
The program worked fine for me, cleaned up 2GB in under 5 minutes.
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-04-20 18:11
Quote from Pikablu;416805:
Eh, that thing never worked properly for me. Programs like Defraggler and CCleaner by Piriform work much better :/
Defraggler is for a completely different purpose. And CCleaner is nice, but it goes far beyond what the user wanted in this case. You can also screw up stuff if you don't know what you're doing, whereas the built in tool is pretty fool proof. I used to run CCleaner on my XP system, although it seems to be pointless for Windows 7.. to me. :P