Temporary internet files

[R1 GTR]

Now im not that good when it comes to computers so bare with me on this one.
My "temporary internet files" folder is huge, will it affect my system in any way if i were to empty it? It just seems so big that it must be taking up unnecessary disk space.

[Jinx]

R1 GTR said:

Now im not that good when it comes to computers so bare with me on this one.
My "temporary internet files" folder is huge, will it affect my system in any way if i were to empty it? It just seems so big that it must be taking up unnecessary disk space.

Empty it regularly. Even better download ccleaner www.ccleaner.com/ and get it to clean out the temp files for you.

[Furyous]

What he ^^^ said.

[julesv]

Dumb question I know but how do you check the size of the Temporary Internet Files Folder? What are the implications of deleting the files? If they are not needed then why are they stored?

[sadako]

Click start, click run, type this in and hit enter

rd /q /s "%userprofile%^Local Settings^Temporary Internet Files^Content.ie5"

I'm going on memory here as i'm booted into linux but it should work

Ed- Damnit the forum took away my backslashes! Replace the carets (^) with backslashes in the above command please

Edited by sadako on Wednesday 25th April 23:01