hi Beverly, I use a little program called cleanup for all temp files... it is quite thorough. you can find it here: http://www.freebies4ya.com/members/cleanup.asp have used it on countless pcs and a few servers as well, with no problems. ~s ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Hahn" <bhahn@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 4:20 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Temporary Files : Hi, : : My Windows Temp files are quite large (86 MB) and Windows Temp Internet : files (19 MB). I understand that files with a ~ preceding or a *.tmp : extension can be deleted. I have many files with the following : extensions: .rmd, .pkg, .oem, .xml, .drv, .aspx, .ini, .asp, .dll, : .exe, sys, .wmv, .ecw, .jpe, .img, .cab, .reg, .sf2, .nxd, .inf, .skn, : .gif, .htm, .ahg,. xml., .lib, .adf, .cfg, .mpd, .shl, .vbs,. htc, .png, : .log, .tag, .css, .hlp, .ins, .doc, .dat, .txt, .cpl, .jar, .js, .exd, : .mpp, .jpg, .chm. : : I know this is a long list of extensions. Is this information : incorporated into permanent files? May I remove any of these files : without affecting my programs? Some of the files are images. Are they : somewhere else also, or do I need to save the ones I want in a folder? -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk