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Can not delete windows user files [duplicate]
As I was experimenting with windows I made a lot of new users accounts that I don't need anymore.
Now I deleted them in control panel, but the user files stay in local disk and can't be deleted.So how ...
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Installers don't normally try to elevate from temp
I'm experiencing a very strange issue on a Windows 7 x64 machine. I'll try to explain the best I can, so it can't be short. Lots of thanks in advance for your patience.
So Win 7 x64. I'm working ...
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Temporary directory monitor [closed]
I am looking for a Windows program that will run in background and monitor given directories. Base on rules, ie. 'Delete files older than 90 days' it will perform cleanup of monitored directories. Is ...
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How do I get Windows 7 to recognize a Junctioned User folder?
I'd like to junction or hard-link my C:\Users[me]\ folder to a folder on my D: drive for space reasons. This has worked for me in the past, but after a recent reformat/reinstall of Win7 x64, Windows ...
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How to login with temporary user profile
I want to test a program under temporary user profile (on virtual machine). Is there any easy way to login with temporary user profile?
EDIT:
My program doesn't work as expected with temporary ...
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Unable to access Windows 7 Temporary Internet Files using administrative share
Unfortunately, I have the lovely task of monitoring users browsing habits; as the only administrator at a small company that does not have web filtering. That being said, I don't have the luxury of ...
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Temporary Wifi Internet for external vendors not on corporate LAN [closed]
I'm advising an office where the only way to get on the Internet is through the locked down corporate LAN. They have some vendors coming in who need to get on the Internet, so they need a short term ...
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Windows - My profile will not load correctly
Everytime I turn on my computer it says that it's creating a new desktop even though all of my files are still there under my user account.
I get this message everytime I turn my computer on " you ...
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Finding saved YouTube videos from Firefox on OS X
If you're using Firefox in OS X and watch a video on YouTube, is the video saved in a temporary folder somewhere? Where can it be found?
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What will happen if there is not TEMP variable set or if it is set what will happen if the folder/drive does not exist?
I want to setup a RAM disk for various purposes and among them I would want to set the TEMP variable to point to a folder in the RAM disk. I haven't done this yet, but the RAM disk will be initialized ...
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How to tell Firefox that a file will never change?
Is it possible to specify some files in Firefox to be remembered forever?
For example, a file like http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js will never change, for sure. But ...
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Delete the “Temp” folder?
I know that the "Temp" folder is the place where Windows and the installed programs save their temporary files.
Is there a tool that could delete all temporary files on my Windows 7 system?
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Where Does WinRAR extract files opened directly?
When I open a .docx file directly from a RAR archive using WinRAR, where does WinRAR extract the file? My OS is Vista. RAR version 3.9.
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edit files in unix
I started to work in unix for couple of weeks ago and can very little about unix.
Everytime I edit a file, a temp file~ appears in the filesystem. What does this mean? Can I just remove all these ...
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Linux: prevent VNC from swapping like mad
EDIT actually I'm not sure that it's swapping like mad: I've done more testing and it looks like there may some interference causing the noise that may be correlating with network usage. This is ...
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Chrome: How to make Chrome download to temp folder, then “move”?
Chrome seems to insist of downloading everything to some final location on my hard drive.
i would really prefer it to download to my temp folder, then do a "move" operation later.
This is especially ...
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Is there an app or script that will extract .rar files for Mac OS X?
...after it completed download that runs similiar to how zip files unextract itself when the download finishes and actually throws the zipped copy in the trash? I usually use unrax but lately with all ...
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what is the maximum size of temporary folder in Operating Systems?
Is there any limitation in temporary folder size in Operating systems like XP, 2003, 2008, Vista and Windows 7?
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emasc temp file cleanup
When I edit files with emacs, emacs creates a file with the same name, but with a tilde on the end:
notes.txt~
When I save my changes and exit emacs, it doesn't remove the temp file. Is there a ...
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Difference between folder size reported by Windows and total file size for Documents and Settings folder
My Documents and Setting folder occupies 8.42 GB, but When I check the files inside individually it just shows 800 MB. Why is that?
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Windows Installer using usb drive for temp purposes
When installing apps that are built around Windows Installer, it would appear that it often uses my external usb hard disk (when it's connected) as the temp location while it expands and installs the ...
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What's the difference between “temporary” and “session” when allowing cookies with the CookieSafe addon in Firefox?
Session is "until the browser is closed", right? But what does it mean then to allow cookies "temporarily"?
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Why are there so many files in my Windows local temp folder?
In my folder
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp
I accidentally find 7174 files using 2.9 GB.
Investigations show that many files are from uninstalled software ...
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On Windows, what could be creating these strangely named, locked versions of .doc files?
I have a user who has .doc files called Foo.doc and Bar.doc. Later they find files named ~$01-1-Foo.doc and ~$05-1-Bar.doc in the same directory. The new files are locked and disrupting the operation ...
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Scratch disks on solid state drives
For something like Final Cut Pro where you have scratch disks, is it absolutely a bad idea to use a solid state drive? There would be a lot of writing, but I'm thinking it would be less for video ...
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Is there a registry key to tell windows to delete a file at next startup?
Is there a registry key to tell windows to delete a file at next startup?
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Saving a web page content on a Mac
I've stumbled into a webpage and I want to save its contents. Logically, the contents is already on my drive. How can I figure out which temporary directory holds the contents of this specific page?
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Can files in C:\WINDOWS\Temp be deleted and does Disk Cleanup do so?
It appears that files which currently aren't in use can be safely deleted from the C:\WINDOWS\Temp folder... Why doesn't Disk Cleanup offer to do this automatically?
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Looking for a website with temporary email addresses [closed]
From time to time, I use a temporary email address from www.10minutemail.com to sign up for a website, in order not to receive too much spam.
For some reason, the website is blocked on my job. Are ...
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.tmp files appearing in Windows\Temp folder
There is some program running that is creating .tmp files in my \Windows\Temp folder and filling up the hard drive. How can I determine what program is doing that? Is there some utility that I can ...
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TextMate creates temporary files, and doesn't delete them!
I'm using TextMate and each time I edit a file, a copy like ._*file* is created.
This is driving my crazy and last time it create a serious problem on some app I'm using which believe it that file ...
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How can I change where Windows 7 puts its temporary files?
Can I somehow change where temporary files are stored in Windows 7?
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Is there a way to prevent installs/updates to litter my hard drive with cryptic folders?
Often I find guid-like folder names spread around on my hard drives. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I think they might come when I install various programs or while updating them ...
