Yahoo: Indio library to close temporary location ahead of move to new facility
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Indio Library's temporary location on Oasis Street will close its doors on Sunday, August 10 as it prepares to move into its ...
Indio library to close temporary location ahead of move to new facility
The temp folder is not always deleted, even after proper shutdowns, and the space can pile up to large proportions. You don't need to delete the folder itself though, only its content. You can safely select everything, and shift-delete the files to permanently delete the files. It will fail deleting everything and will complain that some files are in use. Just say Ignore for all occurrences ...
In theory, AppData's Temp folder (%TEMP%) is the place for programs to put files that can be deleted immediately after all handles to them are closed. In practice, many programs - including Microsoft's own - violate that guidance.
I wanted to do disk cleanup myself and found a large folder in %localappdata% called Temp. I wondered if deleting the contents of it won't harm my computer. All I know about "temp" folder...
What are "temp" folders used for in Windows 10? - Super User
The creators of Unix and most (all?) Linux distribution maintainers on the other hand see a strong relation between temporary files and automatic removal. So much so that they chose to delete them on every reboot. I guess windows architects feel the same but abstain from deleting them because it is causing problems in some obscure 3rd party program. Sometimes compatibility is a PITA.