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[Casey06]

In the advanced settings, options menu, the first option is: Only delete files in Windows Temp folders older than 48 hours. Is there any reason why I should NOT delete these files? I ran CCleaner with this box unchecked after running it with it checked, to see what files it would find, but since I'm new to this I wasn't sure and thought I should ask first. If anyone could help me out I'd appreciate it, thanks!

[Whiteshark]

Casey06, on Jun 13 2007, 05:51 PM, said:

In the advanced settings, options menu, the first option is: Only delete files in Windows Temp folders older than 48 hours. Is there any reason why I should NOT delete these files? I ran CCleaner with this box unchecked after running it with it checked, to see what files it would find, but since I'm new to this I wasn't sure and thought I should ask first. If anyone could help me out I'd appreciate it, thanks!

Hi,

some application installers save their files in a Temp folder, and those files are needed at restart.
Deleting them immediately may cause corrupted and/or incomplete installs. 48 hours is considered
a reasonable delay for delete them without cause any problem.

[Casey06]

Whiteshark, on Jun 13 2007, 02:24 PM, said:

Hi,

some application installers save their files in a Temp folder, and those files are needed at restart.
Deleting them immediately may cause corrupted and/or incomplete installs. 48 hours is considered
a reasonable delay for delete them without cause any problem.

[Casey06]

Thanks for your help Whiteshark and for such a fast reply... MUCH appreciated!!