Can I delete the TEM .tmp files in Windows SystemTemp folder?

Programmers often need to work in the console — for example, to start testing a project, commit new code to Github
or edit the document in vim. All this happens so often that all the basic actions with files become faster and more familiar to perform in the console. We tell and show the main commands that will help speed up the work in the terminal under OS Windows.

First you need to install the terminal
or launch the command line built into Windows – to do this, press Win+R
and enter cmd
. The terminal is often found directly in code editors, for example, in Visual Studio Code
.

To enter a command into the console, you need to type it and press the key Enter
.

 @echo off && setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "tokens=1-3 delims=-" %%a in ('dir /b /a:d "*-*-*"')do >nul ( if not "!_dir!" == "" move /y "%%~fa-%%~b-%%~c" "!_dir!" set "_dir=" <nul || set "_dir=%%~fa-%%~b-%%~c" )
for /f tokens^=1-3^delims^=^- %%a in ('dir /b /a:d "*-*-*"')do >nul ( move /y "%%~fa-%%~b-%%~c" "%%~fa" )
endlocal && goto :EOF 

For your fifty or more directories, with a predictable name layout, this bat/cmd code can automate the task, so that no editing is necessary.

Therefore, you do not need to add all known folder names to any if

conditions in your bat
/ cmd

file.

1)
Use a for /f

loop to list all folders with the layout target delimited by -

and using the 1-2-3

tokens, and %%~a-%%~b-%%~c

has become the same for your folder name layout SDF543-bbb-X0001

 for /f tokens^=1-3delims^=^- %%a in ('dir /on/b/a:d *-*-*')do 

• Obs.:
  List your folders by name order
  : /on
  

2)
You can use if not

to check if any values ​​(previous/last listed folder) are defined in the variable _dir

, if the condition is true, the current folder will be moved to the last path to the previous folder name defined in the _dir

variable, and this will occur only if the path and part of name match the current variable %~fa

 if not "!_dir!" == "" move /y "%%~fa-%%~b-%%~c" "!_dir!" 

 set "_dir=" <nul || set "_dir=%%~fa-%%~b-%%~c" 

4)
Add a second for loop to rename folders as desired, removing -%%~b-%%~c

from the names

 move /y "%%~fa-%%~b-%%~c" "%%~fa" 

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In this post, we will explain what are the TEM .tmp files
that you may see in the SystemTemp folder
of the Windows directory in Windows 11/10.

Now if you open these files, you will see that the content of all these temp files is almost always:

INFOMSG: Successfully converted 1 licenses from genuine authorization tickets on disk.
INFOMSG: Done.

These files usually appear after you have upgraded your Windows with the next Feature Update or Version change.

These files are created by ClipSVC (Client License Service) and Clipup.exe which is the Client License Platform migration tool, while doing its job.

There is nothing much you need to do.

If you wish to delete these .tmp files you can go ahead and delete them.

If you wish to stop their creation, open Task Scheduler
, go to Microsoft/Windows/Management/Provisioning
and disable the Logon task. This has been known to help. But I do not know how it will affect your OS during the next Feature Upgrade when Windows checks for licensing and activation.

Can I delete all temp files from Windows temp folder?

Although it is possible to delete all temp files from the Windows Temp folder, you may not be able to do that all the time. If a program is running and it is associated with the temp file, you cannot remove that specific file from your computer. In that case, you need to terminate the app first.

How to fix A critical error occurred while converting genuine authorization tickets on disk licenses?

If you see A critical error occurred while converting genuine authorization tickets on disk licenses, Error code: 0x80041014. ERROR: Failed! Error 0x!08X
, then Run Disk Cleanup Tool, Run Windows Update and then Windows Activation Troubleshooter in that order and see if it helps.

I am busy writing an application that runs under windows

Where is the correct place to save temporary files ?

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asked Aug 7, 2009 at 20:53

Charles Faiga

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If you browse the file system, you will notice that there are many “temp” directories:

• ~\Temp
• ~\Windows\Temp
• ~\Users\userName\AppData\Local\Temp

answered Aug 7, 2009 at 20:57

answered Aug 7, 2009 at 20:58

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In the temp directory?

Use GetTempPath
or in a batch file %TEMP%

answered Aug 7, 2009 at 20:57

Martin Beckett

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C:\Temp is NOT a good choice.

If you are using . Net use code like this:

  string baseFolder = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData); string cfgFolder = Path.Combine(baseFolder, "MyAppName"); try { if (!Directory.Exists(cfgFolder)) { Directory.CreateDirectory(cfgFolder); } } catch { } // If no access, not much we can do. 

to get a place for medium-term storage of app data, or Path. GetTempPath() for transient storage of data.

answered Aug 7, 2009 at 20:58

Eric J.

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Use the GetTempPath
API, or the equivalent for your programming environment.

answered Aug 7, 2009 at 20:57

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It depends on the language you are using:

 string tempFolder = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath(); 

will return you the appropriate folder in C# for instance.

or, the environment variables TEMP or TMP if you must.

answered Aug 7, 2009 at 21:00

Alan Moore

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answered Aug 7, 2009 at 21:08

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Do you want to change or do you have trouble finding the ‘Rename’ option in Windows 11 File Explorer’s new menu? Here we will guide you on how to rename a folder/file in Windows 11
.

Renaming a file on Windows isn’t the same as it used to be, therefore it’s time to get used to it. There are 6 ways to rename a file, each of which we’ve covered in detail under its own category.

Method 1.
Rename via Rename Icon in Context Menu

• Right-click on a folder then select the rename icon
  next to the copy icon.

Method 2. Rename a Folder/File via Show more options

• Right-click on a folder then select Show more options
  .

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• Select Rename
  from the context menu.

Method 3. Rename a folder/File from Properties

• Right-click on the folder then select Properties
  .

• Here type a new name then click OK
  to rename the folder or file.

Method 4. Rename a Folder/File from File Explorer Command Bar

• To rename a file or folder from File Explorer Command Bar, Select the file or the folder then click on the rename icon
  .

Method 5. Rename a Folder/File using Keyboard Shortcut in Windows 11

• Select the file then press F2
   or  FN+F2
  .
• Type the new name and press enter to save the new name.

Method 6. Rename a folder/File using Command Prompt (CMD)

After ren Type the exact location of the file or the folder or in which Disk it is.

ren D:Hi Hello

• The Folder/File name will change from Hi to Hello

So this article was all about How to rename a folder/file in Windows 11, I hope this post helped you out.

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What can and will help in many commands would be to familiarizing yourself with:

 For
For /r
For /d
Set
Set string manipulation (substrings)
For loop expanding variables 

• Using a For
  loop you can expand your variable:

  %~i - expands %i removing any surrounding quotes (") %~fi - expands %i to a fully qualified path file/dir name only %~ni - expands %i to a file/dir name only %~xi - expands %i to a file/dir extension only %%~nxi => expands %%~i to a file/dir name and extension 

•  Use the FOR variable syntax replacement: %~pI - expands %I to a path only %~nI - expands %I to a file name only %~xI - expands %I to a file extension only 

•  The modifiers can be combined to get compound results: %~pnI - expands %I to a path and file name only %~pnxI - expands %I to a path, file name and extension only 

Obs
.: About using %%~x

in directory
name observation note in ss64.com

:

•  Full Stop BugAlthough Win32 will not recognise any file or directory name that begins or ends with a '.' (period/full stop) it is possible to include a Full Stop in the middle of a directory name and this can cause issues with FOR /D. 

•  Parameter expansion will treat a Full Stop as a file extension, so for a directory
  name like "Sample 2.6.4" the output of %%~nI will be truncated to "Sample 2.6" to
  return the whole folder name use %%I or %%~nxI 

With for /d
all directories will be listed in the loop, and their source names will be in %~nxi
, which can be used in the ren
command syntax.

For target name, use !_dir:*- =!
, it will remove everything ( *
) that comes before -
, and already defining the destination name by expanding in same line the !_dir!
variable without unwanted characters using cmd.exe /v:on /c

For what you have been trying, a use of for /d
loop and substring set
in ren
syntaxes would be resolved by:

 for /d %i in (*)do cmd.exe /v:on /c "set "_dir=%~nxi" && move "%~nxi" "!_dir:*- =!""
rem :: or, smaller with the same results...
for /d %i in (*)do cmd/v/c"set "_dir=%~nxi"&&move "%~nxi" "!_dir:*- =!"" 

• Some further reading:

Obs.:
For do the same in powershell

:

 Get-ChildItem -Directory | Rename-Item -NewName {$_.Name -Replace '.* ',''}
# or, smaller with the same results...
gci -ad | ren -New {$_.Name -Replace '.* ',''} 

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We have already seen the nature of some temporary files like Temporary Internet Files
, Index.dat file
, Cookies
, and Prefetch Files
. In this article, we shall have a look at a few aspects of the Windows Temporary Files, which your computer creates, during the course of its normal running.

What are Temporary Files in Windows 11/10

Temporary Files in Windows are those junk files
whose use is only temporary and become redundant once the task in hand is completed. Such temporary files are created to hold data temporarily while a file is being created or processed or used.

Why are Temporary Files created

Windows Temporary files are created by the operating system during the normal course of its running when there may not be enough memory allocated for the task.

Software that uses large amounts of data like Graphics, Video, or Media editing software also creates temporary files. Such created temporary files are more often than not, left behind even when the task is over, leading to their wasting disk space.

Temporary Files are also created for backup purposes, by programs. For instance, Microsoft Office saves a Temporary File of the open document every few minutes. If you save the document and exit, the Temporary File gets deleted. If the program crashes unexpectedly, the Temporary File is not deleted. They can thus be useful to help recover lost data if the program or the system crashes.

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Ideally, the Temporary Files should get deleted once the program exits. But this is not always the case, leading to wasted disk space.

Temporary Files Location

The Temporary Files in Windows are typically found located in two locations – but they can be found elsewhere too:

• %systemdrive%\Windows\Temp
• %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Temp

If you click on C:\Windows\Temp
you will receive a message You don’t currently have permission to access this folder
. Click on Continue to do so. You will see that most of its contents are .tmp, .temp and .txt files.

Temporary Files of a particular software may also be located in a sub-folder, inside the parent folder of the particular software.

On rare occasions, a temporary file or a temporary files folder may get created into the root directory of the C (System) drive. You may want to examine the folder in details, and then delete it if you are sure, if it indeed contains temporary files.

Change the location of the Temp folder

Empty Temporary Files folder

There are several different ways to delete Temporary Files
. You can use freeware junk file cleaners
or the in-built Disk Cleanup utility
to easily empty the contents of the Temp folders.

Planning to empty the contents of your Windows Installer Folder
or WinSxS directory
due to its sheer large size!? Think again!

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