Configure Disk Cleanup to clear Temporary Files accessed within a week

der_untergang · 06-25-2009, 09:51 AM

How to set Last Access Limit on Temporary Files or Configure Disk Cleanup to clear Temporary Files accessed within a week in Windows Vista?

The Disk Cleanup feature in Vista cannot clear or delete the Temporary Files accessed within a week by default. This tutorial will help you in configuring Disk Cleanup to clear Temporary Files accessed within a week.

You can accomplish this in the following manner:

1) Open Registry Editor and navigate to the key branch

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ VolumeCaches \ Temporary Files in the left pane

Figure 1

2) Double click the LastAccess key value in the right pane as highlighted in the figure above

3) Now type 0 and press OK button

Note: To restore default setting type 1

Figure 2

4) Close Registry Editor

5) Log off and then Log on to your PC

06-25-2009, 09:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
der_untergang Status: Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 29	Configure Disk Cleanup to clear Temporary Files accessed within a week How to set Last Access Limit on Temporary Files or Configure Disk Cleanup to clear Temporary Files accessed within a week in Windows Vista? The Disk Cleanup feature in Vista cannot clear or delete the Temporary Files accessed within a week by default. This tutorial will help you in configuring Disk Cleanup to clear Temporary Files accessed within a week. You can accomplish this in the following manner: 1) Open Registry Editor and navigate to the key branch HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ VolumeCaches \ Temporary Files in the left pane Figure 1 2) Double click the LastAccess key value in the right pane as highlighted in the figure above 3) Now type 0 and press OK button Note: To restore default setting type 1 Figure 2 4) Close Registry Editor 5) Log off and then Log on to your PC

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