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Empty the Temp Folder Automatically
Can I set something up to automatically empty the temp folder on a regular basis?
Francis Pham, West Chester, Ohio
You can safely remove anything in C:\Windows\Temp that was created before the current Windows session. So the best time to have it automatically emptied is during boot-up. Here's how to do that:
Select Start, Run, type the command sysedit and press Enter to launch the System Configuration Editor. Once there, go to the autoexec.bat window. That batch file may contain text, or it may be blank. Either way, add these two lines:
deltree /y c:\windows\temp
md c:\windows\temp
Save the file and exit the program.
From now on, you'll get an empty temp folder every time you boot.
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