Yes, be very careful with the del command as it does not record to the Recycle Bin what is deleted.
If you are a non-techie, then I recommend the following: Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup This will clear out much of your temp and old install files left behind that are no longer of any use. A big hog is IE if you stick w/ the defaults it occupies up to 10% of your Hard Drive. I recommend the following here: Start IE, then Go Tools > Internet Options > General Tab > Settings I set my size to 50MB rather than a percentage of Disk space. For the more advanced users you can further enhance your performance through MSConfig. DO NOT USE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING! Start > Run, Type msconfig >From here you can pick and choose what items start up when your computer boots up. Hope this helps!!! -----Original Message----- From: dave oconnell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 6:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] ABCNEWS.com: Technology Gives Paraplegics New Freedom yes, i use ms-xp. you can clean lots of temp files in a few ways. call ut the Explorer, Right Click Start and select explore. you can get the 'tree' view by selecting View - Explorer Bar - Folders. go up a few folders to local settings - temporary internet files. in there you can delete everything. there are temp and history directorys that can be cleaned out too. you can clean your whole disk using the DEL command too. open a DOS window, Start - run - type 'cmd'. then type del /? - that will tell you how to use the command. del c:\*.tmp /s - this will delete all files ending with .tmp on your c drive. be careful with this command as once you run it, the files are truely gone. stick this del commandn into a bat file in the c:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Start Menu\Programs\Startup directory and it will run every time you reboot. good luckl, dave --- "David K. Kelmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Are you using MS XP? I'm looking for ways to clean > folders. I hate temp files. I use Norton's > SystemWorks now, but it just cleans the files they > want them cleaned. I want to look at xp's file tree > and look for redundancy, especially in Window files. > > With Love, > > CtrlAltDel aka Dave > C4/5 Complete - 29 Years Post > Texas, USA > > dave oconnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > holy cow - my computer does that NOW. > dave > computer programmer > > Researchers at Cyberkinetics Inc., a firm in > Foxborough, have figured out how to read the tiny > electrical signals from the human brain, and run > them > through a computer to turn them into useful > commands. > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > You have received this ABCNEWS.com mail from: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I thought you might find this story interesting. > > > > Technology Gives Paraplegics New Freedom > > http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Health/story?id=688434 > > > > > > Dave > (what's a quad?) > > > > Discover Yahoo! > Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM > and more. Check it out! > http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html > > > > Dave (what's a quad?) __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail
