dba

Treesize is trelling me that a folder is 1.6 gig big,which is a bugger considering my hard drive is only 6 in total

but when i go in to the folder i cant find any files anywhere near that big

any clues?

this is the folder "Dave"

chiark

Show all files? Make sure you're not hiding system files?

mannyo1

my computer - tools - folder options make sure you have selected "view hidden files and folders" and unselected "hide operating system files"

now when you go into folder dave, look in the "local settings" folder, you will see several more folders. ones of interest would be temp and "temporary internet files" run treesize on each of these to see if thats your problem.

Its worth remembering that Dave's my documents folder is also contained in that folder, so if you have been storing documents, music files, or photos in there they soon add up.

IanW

That 1.6Gb will include everything in your My Documents etc...

That folder is where your 'Profile' for XP is stored.

IanW

Just did a check of mine here, and mine is in the region of 1Gb and I keep all my documents/pictures stored on another machine.

dba

found them,they were hidden

why do you get temp files like these of this size? Ive deleted them anyway,but i wouldnt mind knowing how i got them

mannyo1

the ~pst***.tmp files are I believe created by photoshop. my guess is you have been using photoshop and crashed out at some point and the temp files got left behind. Assuming of course you have photoshop installed.

ChrisB

I'd go with Photoshop too.

Chris

PS. Not sure about your Windows colour scheme

dba

yep,it seems that when Photoshop crashes it leaves these behind,don't know why

its not my colour scheme,its a by product of sharing a lap top with an eight yr old