What is the use of Temporary ASP.NET Files Folder?

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Hi sir,
        Tell me the use of Temporary ASP.NET Files. I have more than 2GB space occupied in that. Can i delete all the files in that folder. If i delete all the files in that folder, it affects the visual studio 2010 software installed in the machine.

[Note: My query is "If i delete all the files in the below path, is it affects my visual studio, my C:\ drive is getting full, it's more than 2GB ]


C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files


Kindly give me the solution for this problem.

Posted 26-Jul-13 21:18pm

Prabu Spark

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2013-07-26T22:15:00

You should be able to delete the files on your development machine - providing IIS is not running. It's that last bit that prevents it being an easy task on a production server: the folder contains files used by the dynamic compilation (and similar systems) so any running instances of your site may depend on those files...

Be careful when you delete the contents: do not be tempted to delete the whole folder and recreate it as the new folder will not have the required access permissions for IIS to work!

(If your HDD is getting so full that 2GB of temporary files is causing a problem, I would suggest it is time to start looking at a new HDD, or archiving older material)