I have a Dell Computer. I have windows 98 SE and have experienced the same
problems. This is what I have done and it solved all my problems. Be
careful when you follow these instructions! Print them out first! Good
luck! Dorian
****These instructions are for deleting the temporary files created when
certain programs are run or installed. (Windows is SUPPOSED to do this
automatically but it often misses LOTS and these files, if left behind, can
cause lots of problems with your computer.) These instructions will NOT
delete temporary Internet files*****
First, close ALL open programs.
Click on your start button, then go to find, then files or folders......in
this "Find All Files" dialog box, make sure where it says "look in", that
it
is looking at your C: drive (or, if you have multiple hard drives or
partitions, be sure "All Local Drives" is selected) and be sure there is a
check in the box next to where it says "include subfolders".....Now, click
your mouse pointer in the box that says "named" and type the following,
exactly as it is here.
*.tmp,*.chk,~*.*
That's asterisk period t m p comma asterisk period c h k comma tilde
asterisk period asterisk .....with no spaces.
(The "tilde" is the little squiggle above the Tab key on the left end of
your keyboard.....DO NOT FORGET THE TILDE as ~*.* will delete all files
which begin with ~, but *.* without the tilde would delete all files on the
drive.....and you DON'T want to do that!!)
Once it finds all the files, it will list them in the box below and at the
bottom it will tell you how many it found
Hit ctrl+a to select them all, then hit your delete key....If it won't
delete some of them, that's because they are attached to some program
running in the background, so you may have to delete them one at a time.
All of these files are safe to delete and removing them can solve some crazy
problems you may be having.
Once they are all deleted, you can save this process as an Icon on your
desktop so you can repeat it with one click.
Still inside the "Find All Files" box, go to the File menu and click on
"Save Search"......this will put an icon on your desktop that you can click
on any time you want to delete temps again!
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Then there is the following:
Clearing your Temporary Files for a faster running computer.
1. Right click "Start" go to Explore
2. Scroll to c:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files..Double click on,"Temporary
Internet Files" to open the folder
3. On the right, highlight one of the files..go to Edit\Select ALL to
select all of them
4. Go to File\Delete to delete them
5. Scroll to c:\Windows\Temp folder and select them as you did in step 3
and delete them as you did in step 5
This will clear the cache.. When you have Internet Explorer opened you can
go to "Tools\Internet Options..click on the "General" Tab..click on "Clear
History" and click on "Delete Files" This method is faster BUT it doesn't
clear the cookies.
1. Go to Start\Find\Files or folders
2. Named: *.* (that is Star.Star)
3. Click on "Browse".. click on the ( + ) in front of "C:" Scroll down to
"Windows".. Click on the ( + ) in front of "Windows" scroll down to
"Temporary Internet File" Double click on the yellow folder, "Temporary
Internet Files" to open it ... Place a check by "Include Subfolders"
4. Click Find Now
5. Delete all files EXCEPT, "yellow Folders", "Dat files" and "INI files"
6. Repeat the above steps except look in "C:\Windows\Temp folder
7. Start\Find\Files or Folders.. Named: dbx look in "My Computer" ..click
"Find Now
8. Highlight, "deleted Items.dbx" ..Right click and select "Delete"
9. Now Do a Scan Disk for Errors and Defrag and you will have a nice clean
, faster running computer
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