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Location of
Temporary Files on Your Vista or XP System
Vista
In Windows Vista
Temporary Files
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Temp (%temp)
C:\Windows\Temp (temp)
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files
Windows Vista
Temporary Internet Files folders
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary
Internet Files\
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary
Internet Files\Low\
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XP
In Windows XP
Temporary Files
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp
Open the Run dialog box by pressing
[Windows]R.
Type %Temp%
in the Open text box, and click OK
you can safely
delete any files and folders that you find there.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp
Windows XP
Temporary
Internet Files folders
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\
But I would have to strongly recommend
that you use a program such as
CCleaner,
or any comparable program, to clean out
your debris.
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CCleaner Cleans the following
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Internet Explorer
Temporary files, history, cookies, Autocomplete form
history, index.dat. |
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Firefox
Temporary files, history, cookies, download history,
form history. |
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Google Chrome
Temporary files, history, cookies, download history,
form history. |
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Opera
Temporary files, history, cookies. |
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Safari
Temporary files, history, cookies, form history.
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Windows
Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log
files. |
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Registry cleaner
Advanced features to remove unused and old entries,
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Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files,
Application Paths, Icons, Invalid
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Third-party applications
Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from
many apps including Media Player, eMule,
Kazaa, Google Toolbar,
Netscape, Microsoft Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR,
WinAce, WinZip
and many more...
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