Windows 7 How to delete Temp files

whs

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• Jan 3, 2015

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Use CCleaner - it is absolutely safe and does not touch the registry.. http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner

 

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charlesh

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• Jan 4, 2015

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whs, thanks but the Description Tab says: "The built in Registry cleaner....", so it "touches" the Registry

 

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whs

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Yeah, it has a registry cleaner function. But that is completely independent of the temporary file cleaning function. There is no need for you to run that.

Trust me, I use that program weekly since years and never had an incident. I only recommend that you uncheck the cookies for all browsers. Then you don't lose your log-in credentials.

 

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Joe S

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The registry cleaner does clean the registry but you can save as a backup what it removes. The tabs for Windows and Applications only clean up the temp junk. I've used it with success for a lot of years on many OSs. I simply run with the default settings I think the problems come when people use the registry cleaner and start making optional additions to it.
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patcooke

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I also recommend downloading direct from the Piriform website - almost all the others will carry loads of junkware which they try to get you to install (and they are sneaky with it!):

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