Removal of Files using the %temp% command run line

[Thomas]

I run Win 2K Pro on one hard drive & Vista Ult. on another. If I run the
%temp% command in Vista I can free up extra "leftover" files & the space they
take up. If I run the %temp% command in Win 2K will I remove essential
files? Some seem to be extremely large and I am thinking if I delete them, I
might disable all my apps and other installations. Disk CleanUp utility in
both Win 2K Pro and Vista leave the files listed by running the %temp%
command unremoved but the space shown for these residual files in Vista is
small (each under 1/4MB, whereas some Win 2K Pro files show dozens of MB
each--so I am wondering if these are NEEDED and the
%temp% command should NOT be run in Win 2K Pro.
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Thomas Peter v B

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"Thomas" <Thomas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I run Win 2K Pro on one hard drive & Vista Ult. on another. If I run the
> %temp% command in Vista I can free up extra "leftover" files & the space
> they
> take up. If I run the %temp% command in Win 2K will I remove essential
> files? Some seem to be extremely large and I am thinking if I delete
> them, I
> might disable all my apps and other installations. Disk CleanUp utility in
> both Win 2K Pro and Vista leave the files listed by running the %temp%
> command unremoved but the space shown for these residual files in Vista is
> small (each under 1/4MB, whereas some Win 2K Pro files show dozens of MB
> each--so I am wondering if these are NEEDED and the
> %temp% command should NOT be run in Win 2K Pro.
> --
> Thomas Peter v B

%temp% is not a command - it is an environmental variable that
points at your current temporary folder. As its name says, this
folder contains nothing but temporary files. You can delete anything
within it without risk. Of course you should not do this during an
installation process because it might disrupt the current installation.