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Originally Posted by Michael G.
Is it wise to delete my temp files, "%temp%" or "temp" on occasion ?
Does it help in anyway?
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It can help, but usually only if there is an issue.
I wrote front end automation software for industrial printing machines. These machines would take text and graphics, build a graphic file using Illustrator, drop it into an ONYX Rip and spit out tens of thousands of press ready files per day.
This had the side effect of the temp folders getting quite large rather quickly.
I found that once the %temp% folder had over about 100,000 files in it, the automation process would slow from about 1-2 pieces a second to one piece every 3-5 seconds; I.e crawling.
I then just built a routine to examine the quantity of files in the temp folder and if it grew over 10k, just delete the works. No fuss, no muss, all better.
Having supported desktop windows users for the past 35 years, I can say that without a doubt, if you're having some issues, delete your temp files. If you are not, it's not going to change much and in the vast majority of cases, you won't notice any difference.