Windows\Temp Folder...safe to delete

You have probably heard this asked before but is it safe to delete everything in the Windows\Temp folder. Mine is up to 145 mb. I have Windows 98 SE. I read not to delete anything created today but otherwise is it safe to delete? If so how do I go about it...

Open C:\Windows\Temp and then select all and delete? (all but new files)

How about C:\temp? is that safe to delete contents as well?

 

usually.....

Temp folders are used to store files that are needed by a program after a reboot is done. You know the message "You must reboot your system in order for the install to finish" well that is why. It has put files in the temp folder that are going to run when a reboot happens. So if you have installed something and have rebooted then after that it's safe to clear the temp folders, both C:\temp and C:\Windows\Temp. And yes just go into those specific folder and click Edit -> Select All and then Delete.

It's a good idea to clean them regularly, much like Temp Internet Files.

 

Thank You, I'm gonna try it now. Thanks Again!

 

It's a better idea to define your temp folder in Autoexec.bat, including command lines that delete its contents on startup. That way Windows\Temp folder will also remain empty.
In my Autoexec.bat the following lines do the trick (but first you must create folder C:\Tempfile):

set temp=c:\tempfile
set tmp=c:\tempfile
cd \tempfile
attrib -r -h -s
echo y | del *.* > nul
echo.

 

That's where you run into problems that Maize mentioned. You install a program, the system wants to reboot, upon startup those files to finish the setup are gone.......problems.

 

I never have such problems because the command that deletes the contents of my Tempfile folder is "del" and not "deltree"!
Program installation put its files into a subfolder it creates inside Tempfile folder. Those folders I delete manually, say a week later.