On 11/04/2015 13:40, Guy G4DWV/4X1LT wrote:

Hi Guy,
> Alessandro Gorobey <algiuga@...> writes:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> working on my windows 7/64 I found in %TEMP% hundreds of make*.bat files
>> 73's
>> Sandro
>> IW3RAB
> Windows is TERRIBLE at removing temp files from both the TEMP location in
> the Windows folder and in the user's appdata folder. I regularly remove lots
> of dross from both locations and I do not even program.
That is apportioning blame incorrectly. It is the responsibility of 
individual applications to clean up temporary files where possible. If 
an application halts ungracefully or is killed it cannot be expected to 
clean up temporary files. There are some techniques for doing this 
automatically such as unlinking the file after creation and opening 
which means it gets deleted when it is closed but this is not suitable 
for any files that need to be seen by other processes. Some applications 
attempt to clean up on restart but this is not always easy especially if 
the temporary files are there to guard against another instance starting 
up. Some operating systems discard the temporary file file system on 
reboot but that is not common.
>
> Run the disk clean utility and get rid of even more unnecessary rubbish.
Make sure that all applications are closed before deleting temporary 
files as they may be relying on them. Tools like C-Cleaner are useful if 
used with care since they try and keep up to date with many common 
application's usage of temporary disk space but don't expect them to 
understand anything about low usage applications like WSJT-X and JTAlert.
>
> Guy G4DWV/4X1LT
73
Bill
G4WJS.

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