Windows 10: Trouble editing and deleting files in the 'Temp' folder on my C drive regarding Admin...

I recently upgraded my computer's SSD and installed a fresh version of Windows. I'm operating on a completely fresh drive.


I am trying to install and edit a program called "RTX Voice". In short, I need to edit the nvi file in the temp folder in order to have it work with my graphics card; I did this before on my previous C: drive and never had an issue.


This time around, I was met with some errors. First, I opened the nvi and edited what was required, and when I tried to save it, it refused to let me save over the file, citing that I need administrator privileges. I saved the file to my desktop, and tried to copy it over, which succeeded, but deleted everything in the nvi. Now, when I try to open the nvi, I'm met with this error:




I figured at this point, I should just delete the files in the temp folder and restart. When I try to do that, I'm met with this message:



Clearly it thinks I'm not an administrator, which I find very curious because I'm listed as an administrator. Furthermore, I had no issues performing actions like this and indeed this exact action on my previous install. If anyone knows how to solve this problem, I would appreciate it.

:)

 

C windows installer folder - Delete?

He can do symbolic link redirection and move the files in it to a different location. *Wink
Better try it out in a virtual of first. Just a suggestion.

Like:
First move everything in c:\windows\installer to d:\installercache
Then delete c:\windows\installer folder
Then type this in command mode as admin
mklink /d c:\windows\installer d:\installercache

Removing those installer files is a bad idea. it might prevent you from updating or uninstalling apps.

 

Trouble deleting a folder

Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

*Confused

Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well hwell:

 

Is it safe to delete the Temp folder in C:/Windows/Temp?

Yes, all *files* in the temp folder (not the folder itself) can, and should be, deleted periodically.

The temp folder provides workspace for programs. Programs can create temporary files there for their own temporary use. Each program should delete all its temporary files when it closes, but for various reasons it doesn't always happen (for example,
if the program crashes, it never gets to do this). That's why it's a good idea to periodically clean out anything left there.

Also note that there are some program installations which work in two steps. The first step concludes by writing temporary files and rebooting. The second step starts automatically after rebooting and needs to find those files there (and then deletes
them when it's done).

Other than doing it automatically when rebooting (that would interfere with installations like the kind I described), it's always safe to delete the contents of the temp folder. Because it's safe to delete any temp files that aren't open and in use
by an application, and since Windows won't let you delete open files, it's safe to (try to) delete them at any time. If any fail to delete because they're open, they'll either be deleted automatically when the app using them closes, or you'll get them the
next time you delete manually.

Some people may suggest that you reboot before deleting anything, but that's not necessary, for the reason described above (on the other hand, it doesn't hurt to do it).