What is Windows Installer Temps?

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Overview

Windows Installer Temps is published by Windows. You can find out more about Windows Installer Temps at its official website or at Windows's website.


How do I clean Windows Installer Temps?

Windows Installer Temps 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 Windows Installer Temps
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Windows Installer Temps manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There is one location in the file system where Windows Installer Temps stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Windows Installer Temps 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 Windows Installer Temps that can be cleaned:

  1. Type dir /s %WinDir%\Installer\*.tmp

Once you have identified the files stored by Windows Installer Temps that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.

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