Steve................"The Old Sea Dog".................(retired)
Windows 98

 
Basic Housekeeping...Part 3

If we do Part One and Part Two on a daily basis.
Try this Part Three weekly.

But do Part One and Part Two first then this part.
You will soon find it so easy to combine all three parts.

In this part we shall identify and
delete almost all remaining trash in your computer.


Before we start.
A WARNING.


I and many others carry out this procedure weekly.

However there has been one reported case of a temporary file
Being required to run one very old and obscure program
 
So I suggest that you carry out this procedure as written
But initially retain all the deleted files within the recycle bin
For a few weeks or so.  That way if your computer needs any file
It will ask for it and you can restore that file from the recycle bin

I personally have never had this happen.  But you may wish to "Play Safe"
Until you have gained your own confidence
 


Hit the START button and select FIND
Then select FILES or FOLDERS as seen below

 
  Ensure that Drive C: is selected as shown below
and the box "INCLUDE SUBFOLDERS"  is ticked

Then Type in *.tmp

The * means all files and the .tmp means all files with that extension



Then when you are ready, hit the FIND NOWbutton

The computer will then search
your C Drive for all remaining temporary files

 

When the search has completed Select EDIT...
and then SELECT ALL  This will highlight all the files found



Then Select FILE...and then DELETE
This will delete all the files found
 
 
When this screen appears..Hit YES
Then all *.tmp files are removed to the re-cycle bin

Repeat this exercise with *.bak
And delete all files found
 


Repeat this exercise with *.gid
And delete all files found

Repeat this exercise with *.fts
And delete all files found

Repeat this exercise with *.old
And delete all files found

Repeat this exercise with *.chk
And delete all files found



Notice how this drop down menu has remembered,
All your searches, therefore they are now ready
to repeat this exercise again next week

If you have a D hard drive, repeat all with D: Selected

So here ends the Third Part of Basic housekeeping

But we still have a little more to do before your computer
has been properly swept to remove the remaining trash

Link to Basic Housekeeping Part 4

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Steve................"The Old Sea Dog".................(retired)



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