I just gained 39 GB by deleting my temp files!

[Julie Billingsley]

Thought I'd pass this along because it might help someone else! I've been having problems with photoshop running majorly slow and freezing. Plus I've had "scratch discs are full" issues. I've been playing with all sorts of fixes... and everything gave a tiny bit of help, but I thought it all came down to my internal hard drive is full and the scratch disc is compromised because of that. But I couldn't figure out what was filling my hard drive. I don't use much besides PSCS2, the internet, and Word. Nothing should be filling my hard drive because all my scrapbook and pictures is on my external. What could be the problem?! So, I finally found some advice on deleting my temp files. I ended up freeing 39.9 GIGS of space!! WOW! And since I'm on a laptop with a tiny 120GB internal, that is very very significant. So, I thought I'd pass along this article by Adobe on Optimize Performance of Photoshop so others could benefit from this all. If you scroll down to the "temporary files" section, that is where I saw the info on how to find these files. It was SO helpful!

[Shawna]

Oh that's awesome Julie! I run CCleaner every couple of weeks which deletes temp files (among other junk) and it always helps so much after I do that! I'll have to check out that article though!

[Priscilla]

Ialways have so much crap in my temp files

Thanks for the reminder - I havent done it in a while.

[lauren grier]

crap cleaner is my friend

[Paula]

Holy schnikies!! That's a LOT of room you made!! I used to do that when I had PC because I was scrapping with PSP and I had to or it would crash a lot. LOL

[twentytinytoes]

oh my gosh, thats crazy! I use ccleaner too

[Tracyfish]

Ok I just ran CCleaner for the 1st time and cleared 58 GB of space! Holy cow I had a lot of crap...no wonder my PC was running so slow.

[Julie Billingsley]

I'm going to have to get CCleaner, thanks for the suggestion! I guess 2 years of not deleting the temp files might have clogged up the computer Tonight I will have to run the defrag so it groups it together better!

[BrattyMeg]

I use Cleanup (it's free) and love it hehe..I run it once a week

[juliemarie]

Thanks for the tips!!

[rainydays]

wow!!! I think maybe I should try this too!!!

[ColleenSwerb]

I deleted my temp files, but I think I'm gonna get this ccleaner thingy too. Good post Julie, I never remember about this stuff.

[my4boys]

I did it too and got some freed up space. Not quite as much as you did but I try and do it at least 2 times a month.....I also defragment my c drive once a month and that helps out a bit too!!!!!

[kscwgirl]

Thanks for that Julie... great article!!!

[mummytothree]

WOW 39 GB...that is huge!!! Thanks for the article...can't wait to read it and see if it helps me!!!

[dover6473]

Ccleaner is awesome. I had it on my old computer and i need to download it to my new computer. i wonder if it works with vista?

[joelsgirl]

{sigh} didn't work for me. I run disk clean up frequently, and it deletes most of my temporary files. I'm gonna try the disk defrag, and maybe i'll get CC. I'd love to have more room on my hard drive.

Thanks for the link, Julie. That is really helpful.

[nonnie]

This is such a great reminder - Thanks!!!!!

[Susan Bartolini]

Ok...just read this thread....went and downloaded CCleaner....ran it.....I got 38 GB back!!!! And it was FAST. I expected it to have to run for hours. Thanks so much Julie for this thread and to everyone who suggested CCleaner. That program rocks!

Susan

[Tracyfish]

Originally Posted by dover6473

Ccleaner is awesome. I had it on my old computer and i need to download it to my new computer. i wonder if it works with vista?

I ran it with Vista and it worked great!