How do I prevent emf, dat and tmp files creation when printing out excel files?

Question

I made a program that runs multiple printers and print out a lot of materials a day - more than 3,000 sheets.

As long as I know, the emf, dat and tmp files are all the temporary files that should be deleted after the task is over but somehow, these files are piled up in INetCache\Content.MSO and AppData\Local\Temp directory even after the related sheets are printed out, eventually filling the disk fully and causing problem.

As a temporary measure, I manually delete these files but it's a bothersome work and I want these temp files to be deleted automatically.

Please let me know what the possible causes of this symptom are, and all the possible solution I can try.

Answer 1

Hi,

Does your program not have permission to delete the contents of the corresponding folder?

It is recommended that you check the corresponding user permissions to ensure that you can access and delete the folders where the temporary files are stored normally. Also try to run as an administrator and see if the program can delete it automatically.

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