Why don't Microsoft automatically deletes files in temporary folders of windows every reboot, month...?

It's basically my question above.  I saw exe virus, just sitting on this issue for years.   Maybe there should be a limit on how long a file can live in this folder. Microsoft should set policy or give the user the opportunity to choose this time.  What is an example

of the program that needs to live in this temporary file for more of:

-An hour?
-A week?
-A month?
-A year?

I noticed now with Windows 8, type folder to access the folder, making it difficult for me to delete the files.
Example of records
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c:\Windows\Temp\*.*
c:\Documents and settings\johnSmith\Local Settings\temp\*.*
This is for all versions of windows:

Because Windows has no way of knowing if it is done by the process that put files with them or not.  If it deletes files that are still in use, bad things will happen.

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