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Solved Numerous tmp file in Windows folder
My C drive Windows folder has many tmp files. These are the two folders that contain the files:
Windows\System32\SysWOW64 nnnnnnnn.tmp
Windows\System32 nnnnnnnn.tmp
All of the tmp files are 87.9 MB.
Both folders are 33.8 GB in size.
As far as I can see, the file names are the same in both folders.
When edited, they are unreadable.
They were created back in January and February of this year.
Properties for one of the files:
Can they be deleted?
Windows Build/Version
23H2
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Samsung Galaxie Book Pro 360
CPU
i7-1165G7
Motherboard
Samsung
Memory
16 GB
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
Browser
Brave
Antivirus
Norton 360
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If you check Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, do you see any software that was installed back when the files were created?
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
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tmp are temporary files and as such can be deleted. Any that are needed will be recreated immedately after but these should not take up MBs of space as they do now.
OS
Windows 11 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
GMKtec K11
CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
Memory
32GB DDR5 SO-DIMM
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated AMD Radeon 780M (4.00 GHz)
Monitor(s) Displays
Benq 2250HM
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD
Operating System
Windows 11 Home
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED 14" Laptop - UX3405CA-QL192W
CPU
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 - 255H processor
Memory
16 GB LPDDR5 SDRAM
Graphics card(s)
Intel Arc 140T onboard graphics
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1200 (16:10 WUXGA resolution) OLED Touchscreen
Hard Drives
1TB SSD
In the end, it truly does not matter.
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My C drive Windows folder has many tmp files. These are the two folders that contain the files:
You mean
%SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\ *.tmp not
%SystemRoot%\System32\SysWOW64\ *.tmp
&
%SystemRoot%\System32\ *.tmp
I don't know why you'd have so many there, but yes, they can be deleted.
OS
All Branches but Release
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Acer Nitro ANV15-51
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 3200-4500 Mhz 8 cores x 2
Motherboard
Sportage_RBH
Memory
32 GB DDR5
Graphics Card(s)
Radeon Graphic / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6
Sound Card
AMD/Realtek(R) Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Integrated Monitor (15.3"vis)
Screen Resolution
FHD 1920X1080 16:9 144Hz
Hard Drives
KINGSTON OM8SEP4512Q-AA 1TB
PSU
19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
Cooling
Dual Fans
Mouse
MS Bluetooth
Internet Speed
Fiber 1GB Cox -us & 1GB Orange-fr
Browser
Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev-Chrome Dev
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Operating System
Windows 11 Beta
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Asus X751BP
CPU
AMD A9-9420
Memory
8 GB of DDR4
Graphics card(s)
AMD Radeon R5
Screen Resolution
1600x900
Hard Drives
Seagate 1 TB
And here you have more than 100?%WINDIR%\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local
OS
Windows 10
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
HP ZBook
CPU
Intel 6700HQ
Motherboard
HP
Memory
24
Graphics Card(s)
AMD FirePro 5170M
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 860 Pro
Keyboard
yes
Mouse
yes
Other Info
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They are deleted. Thank you.
OS
Windows 11
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
Samsung Galaxie Book Pro 360
CPU
i7-1165G7
Motherboard
Samsung
Memory
16 GB
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB
Browser
Brave
Antivirus
Norton 360
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And here you have more than 100?%WINDIR%\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local
Apparently, i have 5742 of those. Found out just now, so it took awhile to delete them:
Did a bit of research - and all this temp files are suppose to be remnants created by Microsoft Provisioning and Disabling their automated taks from: Task Scheduler => Microsoft\Windows\Management\Provisioning - solves this ancient issue (did that too just now - so i'll check again in the future and see if it works).
OS
WinDOS 25H2
Computer type
Laptop
CPU
Intel & AMD
Memory
SO-DIMM SK Hynix 15.8 GB Dual-Channel DDR4-2666 (2 x 8 GB) 1329MHz (19-19-19-43)
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia RTX 2060 6GB Mobile GPU (TU106M)
Sound Card
Onbord Realtek ALC1220
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
1x Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB / 1x Seagate Expansion ST1000LM035 1TB
