Re: RC: Re: Computer problem

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/18/00 11:17:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
provincmk@fanninelectric.com writes:

<< I went into my computer---and found a bunch of files like this----inquiring
 (and not too educated) minds want to know----what ARE these files?   How did
 they get there?   Have they no use?  Did they ever have a use?  Is is
 perfectly safe to just delete them all?   (I got a warning that it might
 screw something up----) - these were in the TEMP folder, and some have tmp
 after them and some just a t.   Does that make a difference?
 Thank you in advance.   Claudia (a computer illiterate) >>


Ideally, temperary files are thrown to the hard drive when some applications 
are installing or exchanging data or doing other temporary tasks--then 
erased. But if you crash your computer, or reboot abnormally, of if there is 
a misbehaving program--the temp files are left in the temp directory. When 
this happens, some programs go in there and look around--and find 
garbage--and worse, use it! 

As soon as your computer starts to exhibit signs of constipation, go in there 
and clean up the mess, then reboot. Solves the problem most of the time.

ti