Stevekir.
Those .FFS_TMP files are associated with your Free File Sync program. Refer to this website.
FreeFileSync / Discussion / Help:Orphaned .FFS_TMP files in target directories
Unfortunately they don't say how to delete them.
What version of FFS are you running, it seems that later versions permanently delete the .ffs_tmp files. I think from what I read on the web it was version 5.21.
It might be worth using the FFS support or help to see if they can help you.
From post #1:
In post #4 (which the OP might has missed), I try to convince Stevekir that they are from FreeFileSync:
That link theorizes about how the files can be left behind.
In post #10, Stevekir is still not convinced of the origin of these files:
Ranger4,
Maybe you can convince Stevekir that they are from FreeFileSync with the same link
[You raise some good questions about FreeFileSync versions.]
My point of going thru this history is:
Stevekir has not mentioned dealing with the W10 files that show in his screenshots. Given how unstable his computer is, I doubt that he wants to install W10 over top of this W7 install.
Stevekir,
Please see post #4 or the info quoted above to deal with those W10 files. They are probably 3GB to 6GB of files that you probably don't want. Callender has corrected posts #16. That should get rid of those ffs_tmp files. Or, use Callender's info in post #20. If you are now convinced that these thousands of files are indeed on your computer because of FreeFileSync, then work with Ranger4 to make sure you have a good version of that app.
...just trying to help you remove those W10 files...
OK. Here goes again. I did the above, (without excluding C drive and got a load of files in C: ! Images 01 to 03.
I excluded C drive (I typed "C:", no quotes, and it chose "C:\*.*" no quotes. It produced a load of files in C: ! (Image 05).
In both cases, Ccleaner has once again not confirmed that they are all files of type *.FFF_tmp which does not give me confidence that these would be safe to delete.
>> Would they be safe to delete anyway?
>> Why is Ccleaner ignoring the X drive?
I am digesting the other posts.
Forget Ccleaner for now. If you want to delete stuff using it then you need to understand how to configure it - particularly regarding cookies that you maight want to keep.
It ignores X drive because it's main purpose is to clean junk files on your windows partition.
You can add custom files and folders on drive X and specify particular file extensions or just choose to delete folders/ subfolders but that would require some effort.
Also see the tutorial here:
CCleaner - Delete Junk Files
Stevekir.
What version of FreeFileSync are you using. pleas refer to my Post #21 concerning the information on FFS.
I think the reason these .ffs_tmp files are being so hard to delete is that they are related to actual files that they have synchronised with, as part of the back up scheme.
As I suggested it might be best to contact the FFS support or help section to find out how you can delete these files.
PROGRESS !
Please see images 001, 002, 003 (003 shows part only). 003 has corralled all my FFS files. 004 shows a similar run but for the C drive and the two files there are clearly associated with FreeFileSync. So Ranger 4 looks correct. usernameissues referred me to the FreeFileSync discussion site and it is now clear to me that the ffs_tmp files are from that program. (I couldn't believe that a program could spew out so much stuff.) That discussion was posted using FFS v. 5.12. Mine (the current) is 7.8 but it clearly has not bee modified.
It now seems safe to delete all of these in one go but for safety's sake I will start by selecting 10% and see how it goes, then the whole lot. If you don't hear from me for a while, its because my comp. is in dock!
Well if you get any message like "cannot delete files as it is in use" then leave those ones alone.
Also your approach is good. Just test delete a few files rather than 10% which seems a lot to risk.
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