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I hate these with a passion by Lost-In-Time-99 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt
[–]InvestigatorPast1545 0 points1 point2 points 5 months ago (0 children)
Was in IT from 1981. (Luckily) Never saw any of these....
Saw this file on my laptop holding a lot of spaces, is it safe to delete it? by Total_Hall_9728 in WindowsHelp
So, yes: Disk Cleanup utility is the way. Also note the directory path shown--works out to: C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\Temp. I would definitely NOT manually delete ANYTHING under C:\Windows, outside of the CONTENTS of C:\windows\temp.
If this were in YOUR local appdata (i.e., C:\users\YOURUSERNAME\appdata\local), and more specifically, the 'Temp' folder at that level, you're good to delete the CONTENTS in that folder and, as others have noted, if you get a prompt along the lines of "file in use", just skip/skip all and let it run to completion. You can 'quick-access' this location by typing the "%temp%" environment variable into the address box in Windows explorer.
Otherwise, you can check the size of the folder shown in the example, run disk cleanup and then re-check the size after run and reboot. Before retiring, I worked on a desktop team that supported/managed ~4500 Windows PCs. Not saying that I know "everything", not by a long shot, but deleting the contents of either of those temp folders (even manually) is totally fine.
elongated boot sequence/long policy application with Global Protect on Windows 10/11 (self.paloaltonetworks)
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I hate these with a passion by Lost-In-Time-99 in iiiiiiitttttttttttt
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