Thread: WHY THE WINDOWS TEMP FOLDER THE FILES ARE PROTECTED , CANNOT BE DELETE?

WINDOWS TEMP FOLDER ALL FILES ARE PROTECTED, CANNOT BE DELETE. WHY? 1 person got this answer I do too

You can delete all .TMP files by using Disk Cleanup http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Delete-files-using-Disk-Cleanup .  Of course, it will not delete those in use (any more than you could do so manually) so be sure you don't have any open programs using temporary files if you want to get everything.  The best way to do that is to do the cleanup right after booting up the system.  The problem with OneCare is that it...

Hi   Thank you for using Microsoft Windows Vista Forums.    I will require some additional information to assist you better. Ø   Let us know the exact message that you are getting when trying to delete the contents of temp folder.   Sometimes you cannot delete all the files in temp folder however you can try deleting the contents of the temp folder from safe mode.   You cannot delete the files if it is used by any of the programs...