Win 7 Temp Folder Size

fetster · 8 Dec 2010 at 10:48

I've ran out of space on my 1Tb HDD. Having looked at Foldersizes application, my Windows Temp folder is 862Gb. The culprit files are .tmp files and each of them are upto 50Gb in size.

Can i simply delete them?

Burnsy2023 · 8 Dec 2010 at 11:01

I would have thought so. I have no idea what is creating these temp files though, they're huge.

SiriusB · 8 Dec 2010 at 11:44

Are you doing any ripping/encoding on your machine, as that is the only reason I can think of for the HUGE temp files! :eek:

fetster · 8 Dec 2010 at 12:43

I think it may be from cctv software that I run because everytime I use the software the disk fills up.

Thanks for the advice guys

mrk · 8 Dec 2010 at 14:40

One would assume that 860+GB of temp files would be the culprit and suitable for deletion

sturmtruppe · 8 Dec 2010 at 16:16

And I thought 1tb would be enough for anyone.

Grab CCleaner and schedule it to empty your temp folder at startup.

SiriusB · 8 Dec 2010 at 17:53

Or get better CCTV software.