[SOLVED] This PC>Local Disk (C :) > Windows > Temp

[VMUNOZ]

I keep running into problems where my Windows temp folder located at
This PC>Local Disk (C : > Windows > Temp
will literally hold over 164 GB of space, but will not clear itself out. I just found out how to clear it manually is there a reason why it isnt cleaning auto? It's a real pain to have to do it almost every time my PC turns on because it informs me I'm running on low disk space, any help is appreciated!

 

[VMUNOZ]

I keep running into problems where my Windows temp folder located at

This PC>Local Disk (C : > Windows > Temp

will literally hold over 164 GB of space, but will not clear itself out. I just found out how to clear it manually is there a reason why it isnt cleaning auto? It's a real pain to have to do it almost every time my PC turns on because it informs me I'm running on low disk space, any help is appreciated!

 

[rgd1101]

because it temp. it won't know when it need to clear.

and did you look what is creating 164GB of temp file?

 

[VMUNOZ]

because it temp. it won't know when it need to clear.

and did you look what is creating 164GB of temp file?

Yes! Mostly window event logs and then some random files, one was HP I remember rest I don't know.

 

[rgd1101]

164GB of windows event logs?

 

[VMUNOZ]

164GB of windows event logs?

Literally, it is at least over 100+ GB of when I barley scrolled through it each one was around 20kMB (I think MB?)

When I first turned my PC back on from sleep (I think Sleep may be apart of the issue) It said I was on low disk space checked, was on 9 MB I think or something low, then went into Windows > Temp again, found it while running a disk cleanup with a separate application which pointed this out to me.

Attached is a screenshot from some of them still in my Recycling Bin, this is what it's mostly filled with and like I said some additional folders which I did not check what were their contents.

 

[VMUNOZ]

I mean KB not MB.

 

[rgd1101]

go to event viewer and change the properties settings

 

[rgd1101]

go to event viewer and change the properties settings

 

[VMUNOZ]

go to event viewer and change the properties settings

sorry this is a late response but how do i do this?

 

[rgd1101]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/host-integration-server/core/how-to-change-event-viewer-settings1

 

[SkyNetRising]

Create a scheduled task that runs c:\windows\temp cleanup
Create a file cleanup.bat and schedule execution in Windows Task Scheduler:

del /s /q /f C:\windows\Temp\✴.✴​

for /d %%x in (C:\windows\Temp\*) do rmdir /s /q "%%x"​

​

(autocorrect messes up * symbols)

 

[VMUNOZ]

Create a scheduled task that runs c:\windows\temp cleanup
Create a file cleanup.bat and schedule execution in Windows Task Scheduler:

del /s /q /f C:\windows\Temp\✴.✴​

for /d %%x in (C:\windows\Temp\*) do rmdir /s /q "%%x"​

​

(autocorrect messes up * symbols)

I'm sorry, what? This is a tad bit confusing

 

[ex_bubblehead]

I keep running into problems where my Windows temp folder located at
This PC>Local Disk (C : > Windows > Temp
will literally hold over 164 GB of space, but will not clear itself out. I just found out how to clear it manually is there a reason why it isnt cleaning auto? ....

If/when a program terminates abnormally, or, upon normal termination, a programming error (very, very, very common) causes the temp file deletion to be skipped, any temp files it may have created become orphans and will remain until manually deleted. Windows has no way to know that these files no longer have a purpose.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I'm sorry, what? This is a tad bit confusing

What is confusing?

1. Create a text file called cleanup.bat with contents shown below

del /s /q /f C:\windows\Temp\*.*
for /d %%x in (C:\windows\Temp\*) do rmdir /s /q "%%x"

2. Schedule execution of bat file with windows Task scheduller. Choose execution frequency as desired - once per day, on logon or whatever.

Scheduled Tasks | Malwarebytes Labs

Since the intro of Task Scheduler 2.0, Scheduled Tasks have the format of xml files and .job extension. What hasn’t changed, is the use of Tasks by Adware and PUPs.

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