Re: C:\WINDOWS\TEMP

From: Gary Woodruff (gwoodruff_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:51:58 -0500

This is the primary Temp Folder for the older Windows versions such as Win98. It
still gets used once in a great while so leave it. You are correct that WinXP uses
the Documents and Settings folder for this type of thing now. 

-- 
Gary Woodruff
"That'll be the day" - John Wayne in The Searchers
"Pinto1uk" <Pinto1uk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:C36480C7-84B9-4E94-AC5E-977A3A4451E1@microsoft.com...
> Hi, what is this directory:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
>
> and why do i have it? because it contains 3 folders (cookies, History and
> Temporary Internet Files), which have nothing in them, except a index file.
>
> I thought the above files are meant to be in documents and settings etc? can
> i delete the above directory.
>
> regards

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