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da_moma
March 3rd, 2005, 07:35 PM
:wave: HI,

A friend of mine sent me an email on directions she was told to do to speed up her system. She wanted to know if this was a safe and good thing to follow.

I have never heard of this one before so felt it best to check with you all before I told her yes or no.

Thanks for your advise here is the c n p from her email:


"""Try this, it should be done regularly if you use a lot of internet sites as the temp files will build up in the harddrive fast.

Go to START
click on RUN
make sure this is in the field %temp%
click ENTER
click EDIT
click SELECT ALL
File - DELETE - click enter

If you have a ton of these que temp files (everyone's system creates them as you open files/sites/etc), it will take a while for them to be deleted. Then after it's done, empty your recycle bin too."""
Murray S.
March 3rd, 2005, 10:07 PM
Howdy:

That is just your temp folder and can be accessed just as easily through Windows Explorer..

I dump the contents of that folder regularly !!

Murray
da_moma
March 3rd, 2005, 10:15 PM
Howdy:

That is just your temp folder and can be accessed just as easily through Windows Explorer..

I dump the contents of that folder regularly !!

Murray

Thanks for the reply Murray S :wave:
I have never heard of doing it like that before.
I appreicate the information very much and will let her know to do it.
Murray S.
March 4th, 2005, 06:57 PM
Not a problem.. Have a great day !!


Murray
Sinister-wolf
March 4th, 2005, 07:25 PM
this reminds me of the self-inflicted email virus



type CMD in command line
type deltree *.* [enter]
hit y [enter]



ANYONE who is unfamiliar with their PC should NOT do anything an email suggests unless you know exactly what the end result will be.
rockboy
March 4th, 2005, 07:54 PM
Ouch!!!!

Hope no one tries that last one. It will cause some serious damage.
degsy
March 4th, 2005, 07:58 PM
Go to START
click on RUN
make sure this is in the field %temp%
click ENTER
click EDIT
click SELECT ALL
File - DELETE - click enter



Just to clear things up the %temp% variable opens the Windows System Temporary Files folder.
You can find this via System Properties>Advanced>Environment Variables


Using Start>Run> can be replaces by opening My Computer or Windows Explorer.
hypnotizeminds
March 4th, 2005, 08:00 PM
Ouch!!!!

Hope no one tries that last one. It will cause some serious damage.
Probably should be removed from the thread, just in case someone misreads and thinks it's some sort of fix. Although, if they did, I can't say I wouldn't laugh. :D