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Anonymous
2019-09-27T10:09:56+00:00

I have loads of 'tmp' files being created hourly and find this very annoying. Only started happening in last 2 weeks.  Anyone know how I can stop these from being created?

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-09-27T10:29:41+00:00

    Hello DaveM and thank you for your reply.

    I find them in my temp folder and there are loads of 'em every day.   Herewith a few examples as requested

    tw-233c-ec-5da016.tmp

    and majority are

    tw-bac-12f4-ebfb2.tmp

    tw-bac-12f4-ebf4b.tmp

    tw-bac--12f4-ec03b.tmp

    Hope this helps

    Dave P

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-09-29T07:27:18+00:00

    Thank you S and S for your reply.

    No it cannot be this as my friend who has the same laptop as me (hp G7 250) is getting exactly the same thing

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  3. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-09-27T10:11:52+00:00

    Hi Dave

    We need a bit more detail to work out what is causing this . .

    Where exactly on your PC are these files being generated?

    Please provide the names of a few of those files and do all those files have a tmp file extension?

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-09-28T05:22:52+00:00

    Hi Dave

    My name is Andre Da Costa; an Independent Consultant, Windows Insider MVP and Windows & Devices for IT MVP. I'm here to help you with your problem.

    Have you installed any new hardware or software since this problem started?

    The following 'tw-bac' is said to be associated with Task Scheduler. i would look there to see if you have any random programs that might be using it to generate any of those temp files.

    The recommendation is, they can be safely ignored.

    You can configure Windows 10 to delete them automatically.

    Click Start > Settings > System > Storage > Configure storage sense or run it now

    Check the box, Delete temporary files my apps aren't using.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-09-27T10:55:07+00:00

    Hi again DaveM

    Forgot to mention these files appear in my Windows(c) temp folder and when I open them they are ALL empty

    Kind regards

    Dave P

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