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Allan Xu
Asked: 2016-08-06 05:41:19 +0800 CST

Windows Server: any built-in application that cleans TEMP folder(s)

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Using Windows Server 2012 R2:

My application creates many temp files in a service account's temp folder:

C:\Users\SVC_ACCT\AppData\Local\Temp\

I need to build a PowerShell script that cleans the content of the temp folder every night, outside of busy hours.

Before I build the script, I wonder if there is such command line that I can reliably schedule it every night?

windows tmp

2 Answers

  1. Built-in app, yes and no, as powershell is now built-in, and is the reference to create such task. (use a -WhatIf on the line to test it before)

    Remove-Item -path c:\windows\temp\*
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  2. Best Answer

    With environment variables you can get temp directory of the user running the script: 

    Remove-Item -path ${ENV:TEMP}

    Or, you can call CleanMgr.exe which can also clean up other things. This will need a wrapper script: Automate process of Disk Cleanup cleanmgr.exe without user intervention

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