tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359684994061749655.post8578897333940496742..comments2023-06-26T10:38:12.009+01:00Comments on TechieBird's Nest: How to delete Outlook temporary filesTechieBird:http://www.blogger.com/profile/09355855910922533526noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359684994061749655.post-18768133890238133892012-11-20T20:17:56.611+00:002012-11-20T20:17:56.611+00:00Easier way:
1. Open the attachment from the emai...Easier way: <br /><br />1. Open the attachment from the email (in my case, a PDF). <br />2. Choose the "Save As" option from the program. <br />3. In the dialog that opens, click on the "Save in" list at the top of the dialog box. <br />4. Navigate to the folder ABOVE the one in which the temp files are stored. <br />5. Right click the folder that you were just in (the temp folder) and choose "Open in new window"<br />6. Select all the files. <br />7. Tap the delete key. VOILA!<br />Doonsernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359684994061749655.post-4079582678561981642010-12-23T16:26:57.411+00:002010-12-23T16:26:57.411+00:00This batch file will perform the task for you auto...This batch file will perform the task for you automatically... enjoy.<br /><br />Written by Giovanni Heward<br /><br />---<br /><br />@echo off<br />setlocal enabledelayedexpansion<br />for /f "tokens=5 delims=\" %%f in ('reg query hkcu\software\microsoft\office^|findstr "[0-9][0-9][.][0-9]"') do (<br /> call :ver %%f<br />)<br />goto :eof<br /><br />:ver<br />for /f "skip=2 tokens=2 delims=:" %%f in ('reg query hkcu\software\microsoft\office\%1\outlook\security /v outlooksecuretempfolder') do (<br /> set var=%systemdrive%%%f<br /> if exist "!var!" ( <br /> echo Found: %1<br /> echo Folder: !var!<br /> echo Cleaning...<br /> rd "!var!" /s /q<br /> echo Done!<br /> ) else (<br /> echo Folder !var! found in registry does not exist, skipping.<br /> )<br />)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359684994061749655.post-82256157010103012162009-09-07T12:41:58.271+01:002009-09-07T12:41:58.271+01:00Thanks for the "explorer ." tip; saved m...Thanks for the "explorer ." tip; saved my day!Beardmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359684994061749655.post-11361223816535759662007-08-08T10:39:00.000+01:002007-08-08T10:39:00.000+01:00Hi BillWBefore Outlook 2000 SR1/1a the files were ...Hi BillW<BR/><BR/>Before Outlook 2000 SR1/1a the files were just put in your Temp folder. To find this, just do Start > Run > "%temp%" (without the quotes).<BR/><BR/>This had to be changed because having it always in the same location was a security hole that could easily be exploited by virus writers.<BR/><BR/>TB<BR/><BR/>8>TechieBird:https://www.blogger.com/profile/09355855910922533526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5359684994061749655.post-47411579553032830142007-08-08T09:11:00.000+01:002007-08-08T09:11:00.000+01:00WE are using Outlook 2000 without any updates. Wh...WE are using Outlook 2000 without any updates. Where are the temporary folders? There are no OLK folders on any computer and all use O2K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com