Windows XP - redundant folders

I have a multiplicity of 'temp' subfolders in folders of the form Documents and Settings\ <name>\Local Settings\ all of which have a subfolder pft2~tmp, all of which apparently contain copies of the program files in my Adobe folder.

There is also a 'temp' in windows\system 32\config\system profile\local settings with the same pft2~tmp subfolder.

I have a strong suspicion that these temp folders were generated during installation of Adobe and can be deleted, but as I am (obviously!) reluctant to delete anything named 'config', I would welcome any confirmation that del;etion would be OK.

 

The safest is always to use Disk Cleanup. If the temp file hasn't been accessed in a while, DC will remove it. If it has been accessed, it will leave it alone.

You are probably right about those files being left over from the installation. Probably safe to remove.

 

Tony,
I regularly delete all that windows will allow me to from the Documents and Settings\ <name>\Local Settings\ Temp.
I've yet to have any problems. Famous last words I know, so if in doubt manually remove files to another location for a few days and a few reboots later to be sure.
Yes programme installation files are often left to fill up this temp folder (worth checking other username temp folders as well if applicable) and can amount to many Mb if not cleaned out.
Disk cleanup leaves a lot of these files as well so with the above caution you need to manually do some maintenance.

 

Me too Paul and I've never missed them. I have a batch file that I run prior to burning my backup image and it goes like this:

++++++++Tempzap.bat+++++++++++++

@ECHO OFF
echo y | del "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Temp\*.* "
echo y | rd/s "G:\Temporary Internet Files "
echo y | rd/s c:\temp\
echo y | rd/s c:\windows\temp\
md c:\temp
md c:\windows\temp

++++++++++++++++++++++++

As you can see, I have my TIF's on my second drive but I choose to delete them even though it isn't needed for my image burning purpose but I still like to kill them just on general principles. It's actually a carry over from when I had them on the C: drive so I guess the old ways die hard.

Regards to all.

 

Zephyr,
I see you have a similar routine in cleanliness as I. Except your an auto man and I'm all manual

Cheers,

Paul

 

Many thanks to Abraxas, Paul and Zephyr for promt replies.

I shall follow Abraxas' safe course, but if that doesn't remove those temps it is nice to know that you, Paul and zephyr, have deleted them with no problems.

Thanks again.