Jan 20, 2025the temp folder is not always deleted, even after proper shutdowns, and the space can pile up to large proportions. Jul 19, 2020i wanted to do disk cleanup myself and found a large folder in %localappdata% called temp. Jul 5, 2004the %temp% in the run command line will show the contents of the logged in user's temp folder.
Nov 23, 2024make sure you are indeed in the temp folder, then hit yes. Normally i would say, just shift-delete it, but it appears that ibm stores sensitive userdata in the temp folder. Dec 27, 20211 "back in the day" it was good to be in the habit of periodically deleting the temp files created in c:\tmp by windows and other software, or else you'd risk filling up your fancy 40mb hard.
Oct 1, 2019it cannot delete the temp folders, especially in the windows folder because it is in use. Oct 26, 2016if this runs without error and type %temp%\temp.txt shows temp, then there is nothing wrong with your temp directory and the message is misleading, so check your event logs for relevant.
