Is it safe to clean out all the files that are stored in the Temp Folder under Windows? I seem to have loads of them?

Normally, yes. However, some temporary folders and files are in use by Windows, or other running programs. Regularly cleaning out temporary files and folders is a part of Practicing Safe Computing.

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A good (free) "cleaner" for removing junk from your system is CCleaner. It also performs a "clean-up" pass on the registry.

Download CCleaner 2.22.968 - FileHippo.com (Click "Download Latest Version" on the right.)

Alternate Download;
|MG| CCleaner Slim 2.22.968 Download

During the installation, remove the check mark to install the Yahoo Toolbar if bundled with the version you download. (Just junk IMHO.)

Once you download and install it, open the program then click on (left hand side) OPTIONS, then COOKIES
. Any cookies you want to save (trusted sites, places you have usernames/passwords), highlight them in the left column, then (using the directional
arrows between the panes), move them to the right hand column under "Cookies to keep".

Still under Options, click on Advanced. Remove the check mark from the box for "Only delete files in Windows Temp
folders older than 48 hours".

Leave all other settings at the default.

Then click on Cleaner (on the top left). When that window opens, click on Run Cleaner (bottom right of the
window.)

When it finishes, close CCleaner, and restart your machine. (Some files will not be deleted until a restart is performed.)

I do not advocate running CCleaner on each boot. I run it once or twice a week.





I also use;

RegSeeker: Freeware
Open it, click on Clean The Registry, then OK.

Once it's finished, along the bottom of the screen, click on Select, choose "Select All". Then click on Action, then "Delete selected items".

All deleted items will be backed up, just click OK for the default backup filenames/locations.


Once I run these two programs, I simply Restart/Reboot Windows.