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The hard drive on my wife’s computer is almost full, even though she uses it mostly for email. While looking for things to delete, I noticed that the WindowsTemp folder contains 180 gigabytes of data.

Junk files are files that remain on your computer after a task has been performed. Sometimes, Windows or some program needs to create temporary files while doing some task and then forgets to delete ...

Major hubs like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are among those affected, and the ripple effects could mean more ...

Windows creates temporary files in the background to keep everything running smoothly. But over time, these hidden files quietly pile up in system folders, slowly eating away at space you could use ...

Many programs, including some that are part of Windows, need to use temporary files to maintain data before it's written to permanent files or otherwise disposed of. It isn't so much a question of ...

In win 98, I always had a common practice of deleting all the contents of the windows temp file...especially after installing alot of programs. However, I just went to do the same in win2k and found ...