Windows always has temp files and other junk that’s just
taking up space on your hard drive. We’ve covered several ways to clean up the
extra junk by using Disk Cleanup to using third-party utilities like CCleaner.
Windows Temp File
First, let’s take a look at the Temp folder in Windows. To
get to it in Windows 7 type: %temp% in search field in the Start menu, or on
Windows 8.1, hit the Windows Key and type the same thing from the Start menu
and hit Enter
That opens the Temp folder, and if you want to clean it out
manually, just hit Ctrl + A to select
everything in it, and then Delete. Not all of the files and folders will be
deleted though as those files are currently in use.
In fact, you really don’t want to delete any temp files that
were created since you booted up the PC for performance sake.
Create a Batch File to Automatically Clean
Temp Folder
A lot of space can end up being saved on your
hard drive by clearing out the Temp file. And if you shut down your PC every
night, you can safely delete the temp files from the previous day during boot.
rd
%temp% /s /q
md
%temp%
Now, save the file exactly as the path below:
%appdata%\microsoft\windows\start
menu\programs\startup\cleantemp.bat
That will create your batch
file and save it inside the Startup folder
After creating the batch file, I
rebooted my PC and opened the Temp folder, you can see there’s far fewer files
in it compared to the image above.
While Windows 8.x doesn’t have a Start menu, it has the Startup folder
