John,

One thing that I would recommend is that you create a directory called TEMP using
Windows Explorer (New.. folder.. TEMP).
Then I would recommend that you edit your autoexec.bat file (you can do this by right
mouse clicking the file from explorer) and add the following two lines to it.   SET
TEMP=C:\TEMP   and    SET TMP=C:\TEMP
These entries will put temp files into your C:\Temp directory.. not windows.   Then you
have one place to remove temp files from, without fear of them (or you) clobbering
things from your Windows folder.
Don't sweat the ones that won't delete when you delete a mess of them.  They're in use
at that moment in time.  If you really want to remove those, go into DOS mode and then
delete them like in the following examples:       del c:\temp\*.tmp         or   del
c:\temp\*.*
All gone..

Good Luck,

Steve Millman


John Sowders wrote:

> I had about 20 MB's of temp files in "C" Windows. Tried to delete them,
> got a message on 26 of them, that it was a program, and  by deleting them I
> would no longer be able to run this program,or edit some documents.
> Gateway techs, says to delete all,and it will not "cause any issues".
> Being an OLD,uninformed,NEW user, I trust this site for the correct answers.
> Your input as to what to do, and the truth of the message  "not to delete",
> PLEASE?  Thanks for all the great things I learn daily from this site,  John Sowders
>
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