Might be an NT-and-up--ism

I have directories like those Greg mentioned on my Win2k boxes. They get cluttered up by lots of stuff over time...

Try opening a DOS prompt and typing "set" <Enter> (without the quotes). You should see a listing of various environment variables, like:

C:\\> set
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users
APPDATA=C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\Application Data
CommonProgramFiles=C:\\Program Files\\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=MyComputerName
ComSpec=C:\\WINNT\\system32\\cmd.exe
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\\Documents and Settings\\Me
LOGONSERVER=\\MyLogonServer
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
OS=Windows_NT
Os2LibPath=C:\\WINNT\\system32\\os2\\dll;
Path=C:\\WINNT\\system32;C:\\WINNT;C:\\WINNT\\System32\\Wbem
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 15 Stepping 0, AuthenticAMD
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=0f00
ProgramFiles=C:\\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\\WINNT
TEMP=C:\\DOCUME~1\\Me\\LOCALS~1\\Temp
TMP=C:\\DOCUME~1\\Me\\LOCALS~1\\Temp
USERDOMAIN=MYDOMAIN
USERNAME=Me
USERPROFILE=C:\\Documents and Settings\\Me
windir=C:\\WINNT

It'll be different on your Win98 box, but the directory of interest should be relatively easy to find. You'll probably want to examine the contents of the directories listed in the TEMP and TMP lines. That's usually where the temporary garbage gets dumped.

Note that some of the files may be locked and you may not be able to delete them. The rest should be deletable without incident. Note though that I *think* I've had some instances when I've tried to Uninstall programs after cleaning out the Temp directory and the uninstall was unsuccessful. Don't blame me if something bad happens, YMMV, etc.

(I tried Greg's solution at work today without apparent ill effect, but one never knows with Winders...)

Luck! HTH.

Cheers,
Scott.
(Some names were changed to protect the innocent.)

Ahh NTish..
Well, if I just Gotta do a WiFi to loll around the creek on my ancient Tecra 700 - it'll have to be via OSX (or that Other). No other reason for me to go--> NT-wards ever.

I use one or another util periodically for perusing rafts of tmp, temp-like directories, files; indeed the amount of (esp. individual History files never emptied) is boggling - as noted on others' unmaintained boxes. It seems those utils are ~ equivalent to this NT grouping. {Whew}

(Saw an old 95 machine with megabytes! from forever, in plain old visible \\Windows\\temp. Must be tens of millions who have no idea what this thread is about, that pertains to Them.)

And if one ever wishes to Totally uninstall any version of Zone Alarm - it is Regedit time and a barrage of 'za' searches; got bit on that when foolishly setting up a friend's box - away from home+utils - and trying to delete a later ZA-version, with new weirdnesses built-in.

Wasted hours: M$ only Reliable end-product, any version.
ZA thing reminds me of the Adobe gotcha, sorta.

Thanks for confirming the >9x matter.

moi

Post #218,924 by Another Scott 8/11/05 9:58:48 PM Reply	Might be an NT-and-up--ism I have directories like those Greg mentioned on my Win2k boxes. They get cluttered up by lots of stuff over time... Try opening a DOS prompt and typing "set" <Enter> (without the quotes). You should see a listing of various environment variables, like: C:\\> set ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users APPDATA=C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\Application Data CommonProgramFiles=C:\\Program Files\\Common Files COMPUTERNAME=MyComputerName ComSpec=C:\\WINNT\\system32\\cmd.exe HOMEDRIVE=C: HOMEPATH=\\Documents and Settings\\Me LOGONSERVER=\\MyLogonServer NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1 OS=Windows_NT Os2LibPath=C:\\WINNT\\system32\\os2\\dll; Path=C:\\WINNT\\system32;C:\\WINNT;C:\\WINNT\\System32\\Wbem PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 15 Model 15 Stepping 0, AuthenticAMD PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15 PROCESSOR_REVISION=0f00 ProgramFiles=C:\\Program Files PROMPT=$P$G SystemDrive=C: SystemRoot=C:\\WINNT TEMP=C:\\DOCUME~1\\Me\\LOCALS~1\\Temp TMP=C:\\DOCUME~1\\Me\\LOCALS~1\\Temp USERDOMAIN=MYDOMAIN USERNAME=Me USERPROFILE=C:\\Documents and Settings\\Me windir=C:\\WINNT It'll be different on your Win98 box, but the directory of interest should be relatively easy to find. You'll probably want to examine the contents of the directories listed in the TEMP and TMP lines. That's usually where the temporary garbage gets dumped. Note that some of the files may be locked and you may not be able to delete them. The rest should be deletable without incident. Note though that I think I've had some instances when I've tried to Uninstall programs after cleaning out the Temp directory and the uninstall was unsuccessful. Don't blame me if something bad happens, YMMV, etc. (I tried Greg's solution at work today without apparent ill effect, but one never knows with Winders...) Luck! HTH. Cheers, Scott. (Some names were changed to protect the innocent.)
Post #218,945 by Ashton 8/11/05 11:58:52 PM Reply	Gracias. Covered (I think) Ahh NTish.. Well, if I just Gotta do a WiFi to loll around the creek on my ancient Tecra 700 - it'll have to be via OSX (or that Other). No other reason for me to go--> NT-wards ever. I use one or another util periodically for perusing rafts of tmp, temp-like directories, files; indeed the amount of (esp. individual History files never emptied) is boggling - as noted on others' unmaintained boxes. It seems those utils are ~ equivalent to this NT grouping. {Whew} (Saw an old 95 machine with megabytes! from forever, in plain old visible \\Windows\\temp. Must be tens of millions who have no idea what this thread is about, that pertains to Them.) And if one ever wishes to Totally uninstall any version of Zone Alarm - it is Regedit time and a barrage of 'za' searches; got bit on that when foolishly setting up a friend's box - away from home+utils - and trying to delete a later ZA-version, with new weirdnesses built-in. Wasted hours: M$ only Reliable end-product, any version. ZA thing reminds me of the Adobe gotcha, sorta. Thanks for confirming the >9x matter. moi
Post #219,077 by CRConrad 8/12/05 4:17:15 PM Reply	W2K-and-up-ism; NT4 and older have it under \\WinNt\\Profiles\\
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