C:\windows emp files question

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I have been thinking about some maintenance in the form of scan disk, defrag, etc. on my system. I have seen all the posts on the procedures. I checked my temp file folder and noticed some items that concerned me if I decided to delete...Aside from some 18 or so regular .tmp files, there are .exe's; .cab;.tag; rul ? Some specific examples are: inst32i.exe...sys1.cab...data.tag...delmodem.exe...
setup.log...ltremove.exe...isdel.exe and so on. What's weird is that most of these files have modified dates going back to May and August 1999. I did not even get my system until December 1999! Is is OK to delete these files in the temp folder? The system has been running well and I don't want to mess it up by making a dumb error at this point while trying to do normal maintenance...Any help would be appreciated. Thanks-jtm

Dimension XPS B 733r
Service Tag BVA9X

Bob11 · Answer

JTM: If it's in the C:\Windows\Temp folder then it's probably left over from one install or another. If you're nervous about deleting anything you're not sure about move it to the Recycle Bin for a day or two to make sure everything works okay before deleting it completely off your system...........

- Bob -
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dransom · Answer

I have a 'C:\Temp' File on my drive to use as a 'warehouse' for all old files, files that I remove from the drive but am not sure if it's OK to remove them, and a storage for installed programs that I want to save and move to a Zip disk later on. Moving questionable files to a 'real' folder, you will have full control over how long you want to keep it before moving or deleting it. Most of the time I have more than 1 'C:\TEMP' folder for different types of items (C:\Temp1, C:\Temp2, etc.). Doug

jtm · Answer

Thanks for the respective replies...I appreciate your input and will delete, but hold in recycle bin as suggested=jtm Dimension XPS B 733r Service Tag BVA9X

thumperdj · Answer

Hi
The temp file is fair game..it is a good idea to move to recycle bin for a few days..
Better to be safe than sorry,at least this time,next time you should be able to know by the dates and file names that it is safe to get did of the junk...
Don

To Bill...Is it also true that if I think not ,then I am not??

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