# Most Windows\\Temp files

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-windows-temp-files/335310>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 12, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-windows-temp-files/335310 "2005-12-12T21:14:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-windows-temp-files/335310/1 "2005-12-12T21:14:16Z")

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I claim the record. One of my users had 20032 today.  
Yes 20,032.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-windows-temp-files/335310/2 "2005-12-12T22:43:05Z")

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Yikes! :eek: I only have 80, and they’re taking up 1.15 MB of space – do you know how much space those files were using?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-windows-temp-files/335310/3 "2005-12-12T23:57:34Z")

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I didn’t think to check the size.  
Adaware still locks up like a drum, so we’re going to get the big FDISK anyway.  
🙂

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-windows-temp-files/335310/4 "2005-12-13T00:02:03Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> I claim the record. One of my users had 20032 today.  
> Yes 20,032.

I don’t bother counting them any more - I just check them and delete them from the command line. Then I fire up Explorer to investigate what’s left.