Active Setup Temp Folder by Active

What is Active Setup Temp Folder?

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Overview

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How do I clean Active Setup Temp Folder?

Active Setup Temp Folder may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Active Setup Temp Folder
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Active Setup Temp Folder manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There is one location in the file system where Active Setup Temp Folder stores data that can be cleaned.Additionally,Active Setup Temp Folder stores private data in two registry keys.

Registry

To clean the registry from data stored by Active Setup Temp Folder, you can use the Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe) which is installed by default on all Windows operating systems. First of all, open regedit.exe by carrying out these steps:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type regedit.exe
• Hit Enter

Now use regedit.exe to delete the registry keys:

1. • Expand HKLM from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand SOFTWARE.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand Windows.
   • Expand CurrentVersion.
   • Expand Explorer.
   • Expand VolumeCaches.
   • Click Active Setup Temp Folders.
   • Right-click Folder in the right pane.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
2. • Expand HKLM from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand SOFTWARE.
   • Expand Wow6432Node.
   • Expand Microsoft.
   • Expand Windows.
   • Expand CurrentVersion.
   • Expand Explorer.
   • Expand VolumeCaches.
   • Click Active Setup Temp Folders.
   • Right-click Folder in the right pane.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Active Setup Temp Folder and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system location. First of all, open a command prompt window:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type cmd
• Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Active Setup Temp Folder that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %WinDir%/msdownld.tmp

Once you have identified the files stored by Active Setup Temp Folder that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.