Windows Temp Folder: Deleted 366GB of 'junk'
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Just had this come up
C: Drive has 10MB of free space.c:\windows\log\CBS - 18GB of log files
c:\windows\temp - 366GB
Is practical to force delete the c:\windows\temp directory contents?
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I never force delete. Many things use the temp directory while they run. Delete whatever doesn't have open handles has never caused me issues.
But to be safe... take a snapshot first.
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@gjacobse I would use this post:
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3112358/microsoft-windows/windows-7-log-file-compression-bug-can-fill-up-your-hard-drive.htmlI have fixed many of Windows 7 lately with this and it has not reoccurred.
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@dbeato said in Windows Temp Folder: Deleted 366GB of 'junk':
@gjacobse I would use this post:
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3112358/microsoft-windows/windows-7-log-file-compression-bug-can-fill-up-your-hard-drive.htmlI have fixed many of Windows 7 lately with this and it has not reoccurred.
I was reading that as well.
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Use the built in disk clean up tool. It has always safely cleaned up temp.
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I've seen an issue where a driver kept retrying to install and failing... taking up like 500gb of crap files. I'm pretty sure it was in the temp folder. Anyways, that was the cause of the issue... the driver.
