BUG in Vista disk clean-up utility: current user temporary files

The built-in disk clean-up utility in Windows Vista has a bug: it doesn't
remove the CURRENT user temporary files, if you choose to remove ALL USERS
temporary files.
Reproduction steps:
1. open the clean-up utility and choose to remove ALL USERS temporary files
2. confirm the UAC prompt
.... now go to c:\users\yourUserName\AppData\Local\Temp and it's still full
of files!

You can remove these files only if you choose to remove the CURRENT USER
temporary files

That isn't a bug.. it is a safeguard..


"BillD" <> wrote in message
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> The built-in disk clean-up utility in Windows Vista has a bug: it doesn't
> remove the CURRENT user temporary files, if you choose to remove ALL USERS
> temporary files.
> Reproduction steps:
> 1. open the clean-up utility and choose to remove ALL USERS temporary
> files
> 2. confirm the UAC prompt
> ... now go to c:\users\yourUserName\AppData\Local\Temp and it's still full
> of files!
>
> You can remove these files only if you choose to remove the CURRENT USER
> temporary files
>

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:

> That isn't a bug.. it is a safeguard..

I think you didn't understand me. I try to explain me again:
1) command: clean-up ALL temporary files
result: all temporary files deleted, except my user's temporary files

Instead this works fine:
2) command: clean-up my user's temporary files
result: my user's temporary files deleted.

if 2) works fine, then 1) has a bug.

--
Ian

"BillD" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>
>> That isn't a bug.. it is a safeguard..
>
> I think you didn't understand me. I try to explain me again:
> 1) command: clean-up ALL temporary files
> result: all temporary files deleted, except my user's temporary files
>
> Instead this works fine:
> 2) command: clean-up my user's temporary files
> result: my user's temporary files deleted.
>
> if 2) works fine, then 1) has a bug.
>

ALL temporary files that are NO LONGER in use..

CURRENT temporary files are still in use, and the option is there to remove
them if you so desire.. this is a safeguard, not a bug..


"BillD" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>
>> That isn't a bug.. it is a safeguard..
>
> I think you didn't understand me. I try to explain me again:
> 1) command: clean-up ALL temporary files
> result: all temporary files deleted, except my user's temporary files
>
> Instead this works fine:
> 2) command: clean-up my user's temporary files
> result: my user's temporary files deleted.
>
> if 2) works fine, then 1) has a bug.

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

--
Ian

"BillD" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:
>
>> That isn't a bug.. it is a safeguard..
>
> I think you didn't understand me. I try to explain me again:
> 1) command: clean-up ALL temporary files
> result: all temporary files deleted, except my user's temporary files
>
> Instead this works fine:
> 2) command: clean-up my user's temporary files
> result: my user's temporary files deleted.
>
> if 2) works fine, then 1) has a bug.
>


He was right. Let me explain real slow.

Your user temp files are the most important one's. As a safeguard Vista will
not delete these unless you indicate directly by choosing them first.

"Mike Hall - MVP" wrote:

> ALL temporary files that are NO LONGER in use..

YOU WRONG, because
I have a lot of UNUSED files which are not deleted if I select ALL USERS,
but they're deleted if I select current user.

"Ian Betts" wrote:

> As a safeguard Vista will
> not delete these unless you indicate directly by choosing them first.

YOU WRONG, because Vista disk clean-up utility asks you if you want delete
ALL users files or just only your files. And so if I select ALL users files,
I expect it will delete ALL users files.
And deleting my temporary users files is NOT dangerous because this clean up
utility doesn't remove 7 days old files and so it doesn't cause problems to
running programs.

BillD,

The situation was explained to you more than once and you have received the
correct answer.

If you cannot comprehend what they are saying you should just drop the
subject. It IS NOT a bug. It is a safeguard for people like you who don't
understand what they are doing.

I am not being disrespectful to you. I am not being a smart-ass about it.
Your interpretation is incorrect and until you realize this you are wasting
everone's time.

Have a nice day.

C.B.

This is great, listen to what you are all saying:

If some button says "Eat all stupid people" and you are stupid, what do you
expect will happen?

Exactly a bug-notice will appear...

Nice day to you too.

"CB" wrote:

>
>
> BillD,
>
> The situation was explained to you more than once and you have received the
> correct answer.
>
> If you cannot comprehend what they are saying you should just drop the
> subject. It IS NOT a bug. It is a safeguard for people like you who don't
> understand what they are doing.
>
> I am not being disrespectful to you. I am not being a smart-ass about it.
> Your interpretation is incorrect and until you realize this you are wasting
> everone's time.
>
> Have a nice day.
>
> C.B.