Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:27:30 [GMT -0500] (11:27 AM EST here) Spike wrote: > Hello fellow tbudl'ers,
> I have been exploring my drive for wasted file space and have > discovered 324 files in; > C:\WINDOWS\TEMP > The files are MOSTLY '0-byte' empty files, but there are 14 that > are between 21 and 45MB each, with the filenames such as > batA144.tmp. What are these files and are they related to TB! or > not? Can they be deleted safely? The dates on them are all within > the range of time since I installed TB!, and seem to coincide > with dates that I may have upgraded versions, but I'm not > positive about that aspect. None are newer (creation date) than > May 2002. Viewing the smaller ones in Ultra-Edit reveals they > containg email addresses, subject lines and what appear to be > message ID's. > Comments? Suggestions? These files represent almost half a GB > of space being used (wasted?). I run my mailer on a laptop so > that wherever I go I have ALL my messages, and I need to free > some space on the system. I found an article "Deleting Temporary Files Painlessly," at HTTP://http://hardwarehell.com/bootclean.shtml that explains in detail why it's necessary to get rid of some temporary files that Windows' methods won't let you delete. To make a long story short, I've used Hardware Hell's suggestions in my autoexec.bat file. Deleting the files almost every time my system starts helps to keep my computer running efficiently. ("Almost every time" is because when I reboot, as I must, after using VirusScan's UPDATE button McAfee ViruScan won't update if the temporary files are deleted.) I'll be happy to email the autoexec.bat additions that work for me, to anyone who wants them. Using The Bat! v1.62 Christmas Edition on Windows 95 4.0 Build 1111a -- Daniel A. Grunberg Kensington, Maryland, USA homepage: www.nyx.net/~dgrunber/ ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
