[SOLVED] Can i just select all files within "C:\WINDOWS\Temp" and delete?

[webdesigncut]

Hello friends,
Me running windows XP i want to know is it safe to delete all files by select all and delete within C:\WINDOWS\Temp as it shows 13gb in my pc?if not then how shld i do?

[thetechfreak]

delete them. In almost all cases it is of no harm. I recommend to use Ccleaner to do the dirty work for you as it will even clean up useless registry entries. By the way. 13 Gb seems too much. Delete the contents right away.
Download CCleaner 3.10.1525 - FileHippo.com

[webdesigncut]

i use c cleaner but still i have that huge amount of data anyway as u said i deleted it

[d6bmg]

^^ There are 2 temporary data holder folder in our Windows PC, one is your above mentioned temp folder other is C:\DOCUME~1\your_username\LOCALS~1\Temp

You can delete data from both of them without any second thought.

[thetechfreak]

Its good you deleted it
If you have any problem, just post here

[Zangetsu]

@webdesigncut: for added info the Temp files contains files with extension ".tmp" & other files/folders which is used by softwares during certain operations such as read/write/install etc.
u can also access the same folder by just putting "%temp%" in run box

[d6bmg]

^^ No, typing %temp% in run box would bring temporary files created by the logged in user, it will not bring the same temp folder from the windows directory.

temp -> C:\WINDOWS\Temp
%temp% -> C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Local Settings\Temp

(user_name will be replaced by logged in username)

Both are completely different.