Re: CD Burning files stored?
- From: "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 08:33:56 -0600
B.W.,
They are supposed to be deleted, but as with anything, a combination of
things can happen and they may not be deleted.
Windows XP’s inbuilt CD-burning software gives the impression that the files
are being written to the disk right away when dragging and dropping them to
the CD drive’s icon, or by right-clicking them, taking Send To, and
selecting CD Drive x: as the destination. But this is not the case. Doing
this simply stashes copies of these files on the hard disk, in a “staging
area” (%homepath%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning).
They are only written to the CD when you take an explicit action. This may
be:
• right-click on the drive’s icon and take Write files to CD; or,
• open a window on the drive and take Write Files to CD in the Folder
actions to be seen in the bar on the left of the window.
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm
If you do not take an explicit action, like above, they will probably remain
in the CD Burning folder, as an example.
I use a 3rd party burning software, which works differently.
BTW,
%homepath% is an environment variable that is the path to the user's home
directory.
Typing or pasting %homepath% into the Start | Run box opens to the Documents
and Settings folder on whatever drive it is located on and the logged in
user.
I.e. C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:newscache$3uwimi$pxh$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
B.W. <bwaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (drop the xx)> hunted and pecked:
> Thank you, this is where I found the temp storage area for files for cd
> burning.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\CD Burning
>
> I then found there wasn't anything being held there anyway, does XP
> actually store the files here permanently or does Win XP delete them at
> closedown?
>
> B.W.
>
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O0L$fE1sFHA.1136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> %homepath%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning
>> or
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\Local Settings\Application
>> Data\Microsoft\CD Burning
>>
>> Paste this in the Start | Run box and click OK...
>>
>> %homepath%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning
>>
>> To delete...
>> Select everthing in the right hand pane (Ctrl + A) and hit your Delete
>> key.
>>
>> See...
>> 7. SETTINGS FOR THE INBUILT SOFTWARE
>> here...
>> Burning CDs in Windows XP
>> http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm
>>
>> 2. THE INBUILT SYSTEM IN WINDOWS XP
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:eXrEKS0sFHA.1028@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> B.W. <bwaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (drop the xx)> hunted and pecked:
>>> I understand that when you use XP's feature to burn files to CD they are
>>> first of all stored in a temporary area. I feel I have in the past
>>> started to burn some files but then not proceeded and maybe these files
>>> are still being held in this temp storage area. Where is it and how
>>> would I delete these files I don't want to burn now?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> B.W.
.
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