Can I Safely Empty TEMP file?

[cyberized]

I have spent all day trying different things to get a Patch for CART to extract - to NO avail. Someone said SHUT Down all programs running, I did; and also said to, Clean out Temp files, I have not yet - - -
Is it safe to do this, I went into the file/folder in Windows\Temp and looked - there are alot of different files in there and they do appear all related to various programs - all not to same program. BUT if I delete this file and it's contents will it effect the running of some of those programs or are they all essentially "dead" leftovers.

TKS Michael

[Bud]

What OS are you running?
In 9x just send them to the recycle bin and if something dont work right just put them back in one at a time until you figure out which ones you can get rid of.
Bud

[Nathan]

Generally speaking, files in the temp folder can be safely deleted. It's a rare thing you need something of importance in there. However, as Bud says, if you're having trouble after deleteing them, then do what he suggests.

Good Luck!