Overview
Afteraperiodoftime,theseabandonedtemporaryfiles(whichwillbequitelargeiftheyarenotcleanedforalongtime)maytakeupalotofharddisk
spaceandaccumulationHarddiskfragmentsandreducesystemperformance.Itissafetodeletethesefiles.ButWindowswillnotletyoudeleteanycontentthatisbeingusedbytheopenprogram.Bydeletingthesefiles,youwillbeabletofreeupvaluableharddiskspaceforotheruses.DeletingthesefilesonceamonththroughWindowsLiveSafetyScanneristheeasiestwaytohelpcleanupyourcomputerandoptimizeitsperformance.
Forexample:temporaryfilesgeneratedbysurfingtheInternet
WhilewearesurfingtheInternet,Cookiesrecordtheuser'sidentificationandotherinformationinordertospeedupournextvisittothewebsite.TemporaryInternetfolderswillalsorecordwhichsiteswehavevisited.Thisisnotonlyachallengetoourpersonalprivacy,butmoreimportantly,iftheserecordsarenotcleanedupintime,itwillalsotakeupmoreandmorediskspace.Therebyreducingthebrowsingspeed.
Howtodelete
Forsomeusers,theydon’tknowthelocationofthisfolder.Ifthereisnospecialsystemoptimizationsoftwareinstalledtodeletetemporaryfiles,isthereIsthereawaytoenablesuchuserstoquicklyclearthesetemporaryfilesmanually?Let'sintroduceamethod.
Infact,thekeyliesinhowtoquicklylocatethistemporaryfolder.Open"Explorer"or"MyComputer",andthenenter"%temp%"intheaddressbarandpressEntertoopenthisfolder.AfterpressingEnter,youcanseethespecificlocationofthisfolder.SelectthefilesamongthemandpressDeltoputthesefilesintherecyclebin.IfyoupressShift+Del,thefilecanbecompletelydeletedfromtheharddisk.
Anotherwayistoclick"Start|Run"andenter"%temp%"inthe"Run"dialogboxtoopenthetemporaryfolder.
Generallyspeaking,allfilesinthisfoldercanbesafelydeleted.Sometimes,somefilesareinuseandcannotbedeleted.Youcandeletethemimmediatelyafterrestartingthecomputer.
Inaddition,theabovemethodisalsoapplicabletootherWindowssystems,suchas2000/98/NT,etc.Inthisway,evenuserswhoarenotfamiliarwiththeWindowssystem,withoutthehelpofanyothertools,canquicklyandmanuallyclearredundanttemporaryfiles.
Alternatively,youcanuse360SecurityGuardtocleanupthegarbage/traces,andselectthebrowseryouuse,suchasWindowoftheWorld,clickon"Tools-Clearbrowsinghistory",morethoroughly,"Tools-ieoption"-InternetPropertiesdialogbox-Browsehistoryrecord,clickdelete,youcanalsoright-clickpropertiesonthedesktopinternetexplorerandrepeatthepreviousactions.