For some reason the temp folder for my user isnt getting cleaned
Located here
C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Local Settings\Temp
WIN XP SP2
CCleaner version 1.28.277
Is there a setting that will enable me to get this cleaned or do I have to add it to custom folders?, And yes the data in the folder is older than 48 hours
You can manually add that folder to Custom Files and Folders here's how to enable it:
Note: I don't think this will respect the 48 hour rule of ignoring temp files!
You can manually add that folder to Custom Files and Folders
Yes I know My question was if that is the only way, I am a bit mystified to why that folder isn?t cleaned by default since it?s a standard temp folder in Win XP
Have you noticed the note about the "48 hour rule" in Andavari's post? Under Options, Advanced there is a field "Only delete files in Windows Temp folders older than 48 hours". Uncheck this and it should clean everything (except files that are in use by another program).
Have you noticed the note about the "48 hour rule" in Andavari's post? Under Options, Advanced there is a field "Only delete files in Windows Temp folders older than 48 hours". Uncheck this and it should clean everything (except files that are in use by another program).
Thanx, that worked!
Next question is why Since the data is/was older than 48 hours why doesn?t it get cleaned even when that option about 48 hours is active?
see pic below
Thanx, that worked!
Next question is why
Since the data is/was older than 48 hours why doesn’t it get cleaned even when that option about 48 hours is active?
I don't have the slightest ideal why CC would ignore files older than 48 hours. However, I have always disabled the 48 hour rule with no consequences that I've been able to detect.
Well regardles if the 48 hours issue is a bug or feature thanx for the help!
I will do some testing. If I can confirm it, I will report it so it can be fixed for the next version.
I will do some testing. If I can confirm it, I will report it so it can be fixed for the next version.
OK, if you want med to test to feel free to tell me what an how to test
You actually have already supplied your part of the test; the only additional thing is to make sure that your %TEMP% environment variable does indeed point to the Temp folder in Documents and Settings.
I have created a number of tmp files in my Temp folder, and I will check on Monday how Ccleaner will handle them with the 48 hours rule checked. If I see the same behaviour as you, then we can submit a bug report to the developer.
as far as i am informed, the
C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Local Settings\Temp
subfolder is not a regular Temp-folder. it might have been created by some application for swapping.
%temp% usually refers to the standard windows\temp directory.
pwillener, you don?t have to wait till monday to obey the 48 h rule of deletion. just change the mac-time status of those files
Oliver
You actually have already supplied your part of the test; the only additional thing is to make sure that your %TEMP% environment variable does indeed point to the Temp folder in Documents and Settings.
My settings on Win XP Pro SP2
as far as i am informed, the
C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Local Settings\Temp
subfolder is not a regular Temp-folder. it might have created by some application for swapping.
%temp% usually refers to the standard windows\temp directory.
pwillener, you don?t have to wait till monday to obey the 48 h rule of deletion. just change the mac-time status of those files
Oliver
System temp and user temp are different by default on NT based systems as far as i know, see picture above
%TEMP% is %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp. Each user gets their own temp folder. It's created by Windows and all 32-bit programs that check for %TEMP% will get pointed there.
C:\Windows\temp hasn't been used since Win9x and it is there for compatibility purposes.
edit: beaten
aha, good to know,
just strange that we don?t have these %userprofile% folders on our maschines here,
Oliver
I've personally always changed the global temp folder to point to C:\TEMP.
aha, good to know,
just strange that we don?t have these %userprofile% folders on our maschines here,
Oliver
%USERPROFILE% is an environment variable that points to:
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME
All 2k/XP machines use it.
%TEMP% is set to "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp" (instead of a real path) so that it can be dynamic - each user's %TEMP% will get filled in with the proper value. You don't usually get to see that, unless you are in System Properties and edit your global %TEMP% variable. When %TEMP% is fully expanded, it ends up pointing to C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Temp. However, when *you* query %TEMP%, it will show you the fully expanded value instead of the one containing %USERPROFILE%. Hope that clarifies it.
%TEMP% is set to "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp" (instead of a real path) so that it can be dynamic - each user's %TEMP% will get filled in with the proper value.
I understand what you mean DjLizard,..., It is just strange that these dynamic %userprofile%-temp folders have never been created upon install on our maschines here. In other words they just don?t exist. (WinXP Pro). Instead it is:
%windir%\Temp for all users.
Maybe Windows had a bad day during install
I think the best way is, like Andavari said, to create a designated temp-folder where all the crap temp-files can end up, instead of having those files spread in different temp-folders all over the system.
Oliver
@Oliver
If you use my method and subsequently have multiple user profiles pay close attention this is (it's what DJLizard wrote in another thread):
If you change them to non-dynamic versions of TEMP and TMP (like Andavari did), there exists the possibility of conflicts on multi-user systems, especially when taking advantage of Fast user-switching. On a single user system, this is not an issue.
Back to the original issue...
I have created a number of tmp files in my Temp folder, and I will check on Monday how Ccleaner will handle them with the 48 hours rule checked. If I see the same behaviour as you, then we can submit a bug report to the developer.
I have just run Ccleaner (with the 48 hours option checked), and it has detected and deleted all temp files I have created last Friday. So I do not see this "bug".
Back to the original issue...
I have just run Ccleaner (with the 48 hours option checked), and it has detected and deleted all temp files I have created last Friday. So I do not see this "bug".
Well I still have the same issue
I see the folders and data in the analyze mode but it's not in the report after cleaning... and when the cleaning is done there?s still files & folders older than 48 hours in that folder... Could the analyze routine be part of it? That it for some reason marks the files as being in use? Or is it my system/setup?