Cleaning

[Samurai]

What's the best tool for cleaning my temp directory's?

I think they're looking a bit huge. I can't remember where the setting was to change the size of disk space it is allowed to use up.

Thanks, Sam ;)

[nostalgia]

http://www.ccleaner.com/ CrapCleaner. Freeware, nice and small. Cleans out IE tracks and Firefox/Mozilla tracks.

[Samurai]

Thanks. Any more suggestions? Oh and how do I change the temp directory's size?

[gildan2020]

http://www.ccleaner.com/ CrapCleaner. Freeware, nice and small. Cleans out IE tracks and Firefox/Mozilla tracks.
yeah i suggest crapcleaner too...but it doesn't clean up firefox as much as i hoped it would


gildan2020

[Samurai]

Is Webroot Window Washer any good?

[BigDaddy555]

of course - AdAware & Registry Mechanic are a must have. I also like Spybot S&D, and Ewido. Ive been using Mcafee Virus scan also. This is an ongoing tossup between Mcafee and Norton.....just depends on personal pref. I suppose. For now these seem to be doing a fine job.

[Smurfette]

System temp files or internet cache?
AFAIK you can't set a limit for the system temporary directories, but you can easily explore your way to "C:\WINDOWS\TEMP" and "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp" to delete them manually... you won't be able to anything that's in use so it's quite safe.
To set Internet Explorer's cache limit, go to Control Panel, open Internet Options and click the Settings button in the middle section.

[Samurai]

Thanks ya Smurf :)

[zapjb]

:whistling
Should I or shouldn't I?

[muchspl2]

Copy this into Notepad and name it clean.bat. Save it to the root of your C: drive (ie. c:\clean.bat). Or click here to download it already put together.

c:\windows\smartdrv.exe
deltree /y c:\windows\tempor~1
deltree /y c:\windows\temp
deltree /y c:\windows\tmp
deltree /y c:\windows\ff*.tmp
deltree /y c:\windows\history
deltree /y c:\windows\cookies
deltree /y c:\windows\recent
deltree /y c:\windows\spool\printers
del c:\WIN386.SWP
exit

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:m_1KKBfI1OgJ:www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cleansweep/+clean+temp+files+c+windows+del&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[Samurai]

hey thanks

[peat moss]

:whistling
Should I or shouldn't I?



Yepper's :lol:

[orcutt989]

Tracks Eraser Pro, works well for me.

[peat moss]

I use ccleaner . and system mech pro. Mechanic has a clean prefetch option aswell , which is nice. So easy to use !

[Ariel_001]

Copy this into Notepad and name it clean.bat. Save it to the root of your C: drive (ie. c:\clean.bat). Or click here to download it already put together.

c:\windows\smartdrv.exe
deltree /y c:\windows\tempor~1
deltree /y c:\windows\temp
deltree /y c:\windows\tmp
deltree /y c:\windows\ff*.tmp
deltree /y c:\windows\history
deltree /y c:\windows\cookies
deltree /y c:\windows\recent
deltree /y c:\windows\spool\printers
del c:\WIN386.SWP
exit

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:m_1KKBfI1OgJ:www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cleansweep/+clean+temp+files+c+windows+del&hl=en&ie=UTF-8


You don`t want run that. :ermm:

[tesco]

CCleaner and Windowwasher are my favorites.
Dustbuster is good, f you like not knowing what's being cleaned... :P :lol:

More suggestions here. (http://tvg.pinecurtain.net/index.php?article=cleanup)