Windows 10: What is this $WINDOWS.~TMP folder that I never saw before

This folder just appeared on my D: drive. Why in this drive? It appears to be connected with updates, because the "replacementmanifests" folder has 355 items. Overall, it takes 4.7 GB, and wastes backup drive space. Notice the WindowsOld.wim file, 4.6 GB.*Mad

Is there a registry setting to move this entire folder to a different drive? My D: drive is for "real" data.

Moderators: I wasn't sure if this is the right forum for this issue.




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annoying tmp files in downloads folder

Hi all,

for a while now my "downloads" folder has been full of .tmp files that make it impossible to find any real downloads in the folder.

I read online these files might be associated with chrome, but I don't know the steps to deal with this issue.

would appreciate help with this

 

$Windows.~TMP folder

After the last update a folder was created on my D:\ drive named $Windows.~TMP folder

I was wondering if it is safe to delete this folder?

The folder contains the following folder architype:

Dlmanifests

replacementmanifests

Rollback

Work

And a few files:

Mainly ESD-Files

some Winrar Archives

and one configuration settings..

 

Hundreds of MSI####.tmp files in C:/ Drive

Here's what helped me:

The ICACLS command.

Imagine my Windows ID is Joseph and I have hundreds of MSI*.tmp empty folders on c:\. I'm not going to change the security properties of each one, giving JOSEPH-AND-MARY\Joseph the ability to delete MSI1234.tmp and all the other MSI*.tmp folders.

No, I need a miracle! The ICACLS command is that miracle.

Step 1:

icacls c:\MSI*.tmp /grant JosephF,DE)

Step 2:

Now you can delete those pesky folders in Windows Explorer or any utility that deletes empty folders.

(Note: I did run TAKEOWN c:\MSI*.tmp first, so I'm not sure if that was necessary.)