How to Use Windows Vista Run Program to Remove Temp Files
- 1). Click the "Start" icon on the Windows Vista taskbar. The Start menu opens.
- 2). Type "Run" in the Search field. Select "Run" beneath Programs in the Search Results menu above the Search field. The Run dialog box opens on the screen.
- 3). Type "cleanmgr" in the text field to the right of "Open." Click "OK."
- 4). The "Disk Cleanup: Drive Selection" dialog box opens on the screen.
- 5). Click the drop-down arrow beneath "Drives" and select your primary hard drive. Click "OK." A message will appear on the screen saying the program is calculating how much space you can free up by clearing off files. The Disk Cleanup dialog box appears on the screen.
- 6). Click to uncheck all of the boxes beneath "Files to delete" except for "Temporary files." If "Temporary files" is not checked, click to check the box to the left of it.
- 7). Click "OK," then click "Delete Files" in the dialog box that appears to confirm that you want to delete the files. A dialog box appears on the screen with a blue progress bar displaying the status of the removal of the temporary files. When the files have been successfully deleted, the status bar and the Disk Cleanup dialog box will close automatically.