Windows: should temp folders be cleaned up?

ownedbycats · 02-03-2021, 02:22 PM

While cleaning up, I found a lot of empty calibre_[randomstring] folders in %LocalAppData%\Temp\. All of them empty, so at least whatever files are in there seem to be cleaning themselves up. But is it intended that the folders are left behind?

JSWolf · 02-03-2021, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ownedbycats

While cleaning up, I found a lot of empty calibre_[randomstring] folders in %LocalAppData%\Temp\. All of them empty, so at least whatever files are in there seem to be cleaning themselves up. But is it intended that the folders are left behind?

I do clean the temp directory sometimes after a reboot. Then I am sure none of the files that I can delete are not in use.

theducks · 02-03-2021, 06:22 PM

Just do that BEFORE launching Calibre (after a reboot

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Something probably crashed and left dirt.

kovidgoyal · 02-03-2021, 08:36 PM

No given clean exits temp files and folders are always deleted.

ownedbycats · 02-03-2021, 10:18 PM

I suspect they're leftover from a power outage I had a while ago then. I'll delete them.

02-03-2021, 02:22 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,360 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Windows: should temp folders be cleaned up? While cleaning up, I found a lot of empty calibre_[randomstring] folders in %LocalAppData%\Temp\. All of them empty, so at least whatever files are in there seem to be cleaning themselves up. But is it intended that the folders are left behind? Last edited by ownedbycats; 02-03-2021 at 02:26 PM.

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02-03-2021, 06:22 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,269 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Just do that BEFORE launching Calibre (after a reboot ) Something probably crashed and left dirt.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No given clean exits temp files and folders are always deleted.

02-03-2021, 10:18 PM	#5
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,360 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I suspect they're leftover from a power outage I had a while ago then. I'll delete them.

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