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After reviewing Performance Tip # 6 in Keep Your Computer Running Right you may have deleted quite a few temporary files.
But there are probably more files and folders wasting valuable space on your system and causing additional problems.
files ending in .~mp
folders within your c:\windows\temp folder left over from program installations
The ~ key is called a tilde and is usually located as the upper case symbol with the apostrophe key. Different keyboards will have it in different locations but look around; most every keyboard has one.
Just like the temp files that end in tmp, remember that before deleting any of these files, make sure the files that are listed are truly temp files. Go to your list of files and look at the Name column. Make sure that the last three letters after the dot have the extension .~mp or .~MP. Do not delete any files that do not end in these three letters.
Repeat the procedures above to highlight and delete all files of this type.
You can also also delete files by clicking on any file name and hitting the delete key on your keyboard.
Incidentally, the tmp or ~mp following the period in your file name is called the file extension. Most files have a 3 character extension. The file extension is a powerful tool in managing files .
File extensions and file types are discussed in Types of Files
After deleting all of these nasty temp files, restart your computer.
Make sure your Windows starts without any new error messages. If you receive any error messages or warnings, you may have deleted a file that should not have been deleted. Review the error messages to determine if any of the files should not have been deleted.
To locate temporary folders within the c:\windows\temp folder goto: