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Temporary File Search - Configuration

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This page allows you to search for temporary files. Use the Configure button to customize the settings of the Temporary File Search.

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Patterns

The main part of the Temporary File Search is based on typical filename patterns. You may customize these patterns using the Customize button on the top of the Temporary File Search. You may change or delete existing patterns as well as add new patterns. Using the check boxes on the left, you can deactivate certain patterns without deleting them.

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Replaces none or arbitrarily many alphanumeric characters

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Replaces exactly one alphanumeric character

 

 

Include files with temporary attribute

Applications that create a temporary file may inform the operating system with a special flag about this fact. With this check box activated TreeSize Professional will include such files in the search results.

Include files that do not belong to a valid account

If a Windows account is deleted, files belonging to this account are not deleted automatically and may keep occupying space on the hard disks. With this check box activated TreeSize Professional will include such files in the search results. Since it is necessary to get the owner of each file on the searched disks, activating this option will slow down the scanning process.

Include Links without a valid target path

With this check box activated TreeSize Professional will check for .LNK and .PIF files, if the destination path exists. If this is not the case such a file will be included in the search results.

Include Shortcuts from Recent Document Folder

If activated, TreeSize Professional will check for shortcuts from the recent documents folder.

 

Add

Adds a new pattern in the edit field into the list

Delete

Deletes the pattern selected in the list field on the left.

 

Like in all searches, you can move all files in the result list which are check-marked to the left of their file name, to a position in the file system that you may specify by using the Move Checked button.