I would suggest using something like ATF or TFC to rid your system of temps and all that stuff. No way to mistakenly deleting something then.
Please download
ATF Cleaner by Atribune.
Double-click
ATF-Cleaner.exe to run the program.
Under
Main choose:
Select AllClick the
Empty Selected button.
If you use Firefox browserClick
Firefox at the top and choose:
Select AllClick the
Empty Selected button.
NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click
No at the prompt.
If you use Opera browserClick
Opera at the top and choose:
Select AllClick the
Empty Selected button.
NOTE: If you would like to keep your saved passwords, please click
No at the prompt.
Click
Exit on the Main menu to close the program.
For
Technical Support, double-click the e-mail address located at the bottom of each menu.
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If this does not work then:Go to:
Start and then
My ComputerRight Click On
"C" drive and then click on
PropertiesClick on
Tools tab at the top
In the
Error Checking field click
Check Now When that is doneDownload
Auslogics Defrag from the link in my signature below.
Auslogics Defrag in my opinion is better because:
It does a more comprehensive job at
DefraggingIt will actually show you what it is doing
At the end of working it will show you how much speed you picked up
You can view a online log of the files that
Auslogics defragged
Download
TFC by OldTimer to your desktop
- Please double-click TFC.exe to run it. (Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator).
- It will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin.
- Click the Start button to begin the process. Depending on how often you clean temp files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two. Let it run uninterrupted to completion.
- Once it's finished it should reboot your machine. If it does not, please manually reboot the machine yourself to ensure a complete clean.
Background info courtesy of
DonnaB[/b Thank youAs for TFC, this is a tidbit of an article I found a while back by a MicroSoft MVP.
TFC (Temp File Cleaner) will clear out all temp folders for all user accounts (temp, IE temp, java, FF, Opera, Chrome, Safari), including Administrator, All Users, LocalService, NetworkService, and any other accounts in the user folder. It also cleans out the %systemroot%\temp folder and checks for .tmp files in the %systemdrive% root folder, %systemroot%, and the system32 folder (both 32bit and 64bit on 64bit OSs). It shows the amount removed for each location found (in bytes) and the total removed (in MB).
Before running, it will stop Explorer and all other running applications. When finished, if a reboot is required the user must reboot to finish clearing any in-use temp files.
-- TFC only cleans temp folders.
-- TFC will not clean URL history, prefetch, or cookies. Depending on how often someone cleans their temp folders, their system hardware, and how many accounts are present, it can take anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or more. TFC will completely clear all temp files where other temp file cleaners may fail.
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