How to deal with Win8 TMP file

There is a TMP file in Win8 system, perhaps because everyone thinks this file is useless, in fact, this file is not as useless as everyone thinks. So what exactly is the Win8 TMP file? We will introduce you to the use of TMP files in detail today.

What is TMP?

The name of TMP is the abbreviation of Temporary, which is temporary. “.TMP” The file at the end of the format is collectively referred to as a temporary file, which is a shared format. Many programs save their temporary files as TMP files. Usually, it is difficult to tell which program the TMP file was created. However, some traces can be found by the name structure of the TMP file. For example, the TMP file of 2011_annual_report.TMP should be an annual report of a word, Excel
or PPT document.

Why do you want to create a TMP file?

This program will create this file mainly for backup purposes. For example, when you edit a document in word, or when processing a dense Excel, the program will create a TMP file at regular intervals (it looks a bit like some kind of caching function). However, when you close the program normally after working, the program will automatically delete the TMP file it created. However, if your program closes unexpectedly (force shutdown, power outage, accident, etc.) then the TMP file will be saved.

What is the opening of the TMP file?

It is usually located at C:\\win\\Temp to see how many TMP files are there:

We can use the Notepad or Is a third-party tool to open TMP files, it is recommended to use: Notepad++.

The above is about the Win8 TMP file file, although we will feel that this file does not seem to be useful in the system, but familiar with this file will also play a big role in our application system.