To delete .tmp files:
1Open Explorer, select Tools, then Find, then Files and Folders.
2At Named, type *.tmp
3In the Look in
4Click Find Now. The list of .tmp files is generated.
5Click Modified above the list. To see the Modified button, you may need to maximize the Find window.
The list is sorted by date.
6Highlight all the files in the list except those with today’s date.
7Press DELETE.
Deleting temporary Internet files
As you visit Web sites, your browser stores temporary Internet files on your hard drive in a memory cache and a disk cache. Files in the memory cache are removed when you turn off your computer. Files are saved in the disk cache until the space designated for the cache is full. See your browser’s Help files for instructions on emptying the disk cache.
You can save space on the hard drive by decreasing the size of the Internet disk cache. See your browser’s Help files for instructions.
Emptying the Recycle Bin
In Windows, when you delete a file from your hard drive it is not immediately removed from the hard drive. Instead, the file is moved into the Recycle Bin. Because files are stored in the Recycle Bin and not deleted from the hard drive immediately, you can retrieve a file that you accidentally delete from the hard drive.
To delete all the files from the Recycle Bin,
You can save space on the hard drive by decreasing the size of the Recycle Bin.
To decrease the size of the Recycle Bin:
1
2Select Properties. The Recycle Bin Properties window opens.
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