Build up of .tmp files in my Documents folder

Question

In the root of my Documents folder on the C: drive I keep getting a build up of .tmp files which have to be deleted manually.

So far as I can tell this is the only folder which has them and I'm at a loss to know where they are coming from and how to stop them appearing and building up.  Any ideas?

Answer 1

Hi Andrew,

Temporary files (.TMP), are files created to temporarily contain information while a new file is being made. It may be created by computer programs for a variety of purposes; principally when a program cannot allocate enough memory for its tasks, when the program is working on data bigger than the

architecture's address space, or as a primitive form of inter-process communication.

I would suggest you to click on the below link and perform disk cleanup:

Delete files using Disk Cleanup

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-files-using-disk-cleanup#delete-files-using-disk-cleanup=windows-8

Note: When you run the disk clean up you may lose some files which are unused for long time and old restore points.

Hope this information helps, please reply with results for further assistance.

Answer 2

Had a go at this but the .tmp files are not removed by Disk Cleanup

They have to be deleted manually from the filer.

Answer 3

Hello Andrew,

Thank you for keeping us updated. Please feel free to reply, in case you face any other issues with Windows in future.