Quicken temp files left on system?

Posted by michael on August 27, 2007, 1:09 pm

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I noticed that Quicken (2005) leaves temporary files
in my local temporary directory:
%USERPROFILE%Local SettingsTemp

Are other people finding the same thing?

Posted by Andrew DeFaria on August 27, 2007, 11:40 pm

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michael wrote:

> I noticed that Quicken (2005) leaves temporary files

> in my local temporary directory:

> %USERPROFILE%Local SettingsTemp

> Are other people finding the same thing?

Yes. You could do a simple scheduled task that does del
%USERPROFILE%Local SettingTempqfn*.tmp...

But you're right, they shouldn't be left around. How unprofessional...
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michael wrote:
that Quicken (2005) leaves temporary files
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in my local temporary directory:
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  %USERPROFILE%Local SettingsTemp
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Are other people finding the same thing?
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Yes. You could do a simple scheduled task that does del
%USERPROFILE%Local SettingTempqfn*.tmp...<br>
<br>
But you're right, they shouldn't be left around. How unprofessional...<br>
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Posted by Fred Smith on August 28, 2007, 8:26 pm

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Fred Smith wrote:

> My Quicken was taking forever to load. Deleting these temporary files

> speeded it up quite a bit. For users of Q05, the scheduled task is a

> good idea.

All applications use %TEMP% and most use it badly, never cleaning up. I
remember fondly getting a new contract and getting a PC that somebody
else used. I immediately went to clean up %TEMP% and found many, many MS
Word document files there. Lots of interesting, not really for my eyes,
stuff. Foolish people! You should always clean up %TEMP%!

As such, and since I use Cygwin, I set %TEMP% and %TMP% to point to
C:Cygwintmp. Cygwin is like Linux under Windows. In Cygwin's bash
shell I then can get to %TMP% by simply doing cd /tmp.

Additionally /tmp is about as active for me as my Inbox. I view my Inbox
as a list of things to do or to take care of. After receiving and
filling email since around 1988 I have a whooping total of 9, count 'em
- 9 messages in my Inbox. All others have been handled, taken care of
and filed away if necessary (deleted if unnecessary).

Similarly my /tmp (%TEMP%, which for me is C:Cygwintmp but for most
people is some god horrendous C:Documents and Settings<userid>Local
SettingsTemporary Files or some such) is also my todo box or things I'm
actively working on. I don't use C:Downloads - my downloads are
C:Cygwintmp or just /tmp. I take care of things and file them if
needed, remove them if unnecessary.

By constantly looking in my /tmp directory I am amazed by the junk that
accumulates there. Needless to say I'm constantly cleaning up /tmp.

To that end I have the following bash script cronned (bash is Cygwin's
shell - sort like Windows command prompt and cron is like scheduled tasks):

#!/bin/bash

# Clean up /tmp
function remove {
object="$1"

rm -rf "$object" 2> /dev/null

if [ -f "$object" -o -d "$object" ]; then
# Hide it instead
attrib +h "$object"
fi
} # remove

cd /tmp

objects="
$(cygpath -d *.tmp 2> /dev/null)
$(cygpath -d *.TMP 2> /dev/null)
QNET
$(cygpath -d *moz_mapi* 2> /dev/null)
$(cygpath -d *plugtmp* 2> /dev/null)
$(cygpath -d *perflib* 2> /dev/null)
$(cygpath -d *perfdata* 2> /dev/null)
$(cygpath -d *.log 2> /dev/null)
$(cygpath -d *.LOG 2> /dev/null)
$(cygpath -d *.jar 2> /dev/null)
$(cygpath -d hsperfdata* 2> /dev/null)
$(cygpath -d e4j* 2> /dev/null)
plugtmp
WebshotsTemp
WPDNSE
flashgot*
"

for object in $objects; do
remove $object
done

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<div>My Quicken was taking forever to load. Deleting these temporary
files speeded it up quite a bit. For users of Q05, the scheduled task
is a good idea.</div>
</blockquote>
All applications use %TEMP% and most use it badly, never cleaning up. I
remember fondly getting a new contract and getting a PC that somebody
else used. I immediately went to clean up %TEMP% and found many, many
MS Word document files there. Lots of interesting, not really for my
eyes, stuff. Foolish people! You should always clean up %TEMP%!<br>
<br>
As such, and since I use Cygwin, I set %TEMP% and %TMP% to point to
C:Cygwintmp. Cygwin is like Linux under Windows. In Cygwin's bash
shell I then can get to %TMP% by simply doing cd /tmp.<br>
<br>
Additionally /tmp is about as active for me as my Inbox. I view my
Inbox as a list of things to do or to take care of. After receiving and
filling email since around 1988 I have a whooping total of 9, count 'em
- 9 messages in my Inbox. All others have been handled, taken care of
and filed away if necessary (deleted if unnecessary). <br>
<br>
Similarly my /tmp (%TEMP%, which for me is C:Cygwintmp but for most
people is some god horrendous C:Documents and
Settings<userid>Local SettingsTemporary Files or some such) is
also my todo box or things I'm actively working on. I don't use
C:Downloads - my downloads are C:Cygwintmp or just /tmp. I take care
of things and file them if needed, remove them if unnecessary. <br>
<br>
By constantly looking in my /tmp directory I am amazed by the junk that
accumulates there. Needless to say I'm constantly cleaning up /tmp.<br>
<br>
To that end I have the following bash script cronned (bash is Cygwin's
shell - sort like Windows command prompt and cron is like scheduled
tasks):<br>
<blockquote><tt>#!/bin/bash<br>
<br>
# Clean up /tmp<br>
function remove {<br>
  object="$1"<br>
<br>
  rm -rf "$object" 2> /dev/null<br>
<br>
  if [ -f "$object" -o -d "$object" ]; then<br>
    # Hide it instead<br>
    attrib +h "$object"<br>
  fi<br>
} # remove<br>
<br>
cd /tmp<br>
<br>
objects="<br>
  $(cygpath -d *.tmp        2>
/dev/null)<br>
  $(cygpath -d *.TMP        2>
/dev/null)<br>
  QNET<br>
  $(cygpath -d *moz_mapi*   2> /dev/null)<br>
  $(cygpath -d *plugtmp*    2> /dev/null)<br>
  $(cygpath -d *perflib*    2> /dev/null)<br>
  $(cygpath -d *perfdata*   2> /dev/null)<br>
  $(cygpath -d *.log        2>
/dev/null)<br>
  $(cygpath -d *.LOG        2>
/dev/null)<br>
  $(cygpath -d *.jar        2>
/dev/null)<br>
  $(cygpath -d hsperfdata*  2> /dev/null)<br>
  $(cygpath -d e4j*         2>
/dev/null)<br>
  plugtmp<br>
  WebshotsTemp<br>
  WPDNSE<br>
  flashgot*<br>
"<br>
<br>
for object in $objects; do<br>
  remove $object<br>
done</tt><br>
</blockquote>
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Posted by Graycoder02 on October 1, 2007, 4:45 pm

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I find it most disconcerting that the secure (?) communications
with the financial institutions are left as XML plaintext
in the %temp% directory. I've not seen any account passwords,
but do see balances. Sigh.

Graycoder02