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Old 06-26-2023, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by dewilson58 View Post
Jus busy work................usually done to TRY TO cover tracks as to where you have been.

Would not do.

Temporary INTERNET files are only one type of temporary file. Any time you open any app on your computer, it creates a temporary file. If you print something out, your printer program creates a couple of temporary files - one for the printer itself, one for whatever it is you're trying to print, and if it's printing something on another program such as PDF, MS Office, Google docs, etc, it'll create a tmp file for that too.

Most of these tmp files will clear themselves out automatically when you close the program, or finish the print job. But sometimes they remain in the tmp folder. If enough accumulate over time you could end up with a lot of space occupied by these files. Clearing them out once in a blue moon won't hurt, and can help.