If you've ever opened your Downloads folder only to find a ton of files you don't need, reader Márton Mészáros has a simple tip for keeping yourself organized: use your computer's temporary folder. If ...

Temporary files can overstay their welcome and end up lining the stores of your hard drive as junk files. Temporary files range from installation elements left by long deleted programs to system files ...

Q: I’m trying to download some not-very-large files from the Web and I get a message saying that either the drive where I’m trying to store the files or the place where temporary files are stored is ...

When trying to install or update any application such as the .NET Framework, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable, and more, you may encounter a ...

When you’re working on your computer, Windows creates temporary files for temporary use. These files are generated for backup purposes and to store information in a short period of time. They are ...

If your storage drive is always running out of space and you're not sure what's eating it up, check your temporary files. They can balloon into massive storage hogs ...

2. Disk cleanup did not delete anything in the temp folder, nor did it seem to even see the huge amount of files 3. If I try manually deleting the files in my temp folder, most are marked as in use ...