On Friday, February 25, 2000 7:43 AM, "Stephen Snyder" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:


<snip>  the system puts 2   .TMP files into the C:\Windows
> folder.  Right now, I have 160 of these files, and each one
> is zero bytes in size.    They have names like this:
>
> fffc744b_{49759660-BED9-11D3-8B52-CD7FAA707135}.tmp
> fffc744b_{49759661-BED9-11D3-8B52-CD7FAA707135}.tmp
>
> They look like something that might be found in the Registry.
>
> Questions:  What are they?  Why are they in the Windows
> folder? Are they safe to delete?  How do I prevent this from
> happening in the future?  Etc.
>
<snip>

These are temporary files left over from (1) installation of a program that
you may have installed and it didn't delete the files or (2) Windows 98SE
was improperly shutdown IMHO. :-). Using the info from this web site as a
guide,
http://www.annoyances.org/cgi-bin/ce-showtopic/002_008, after backing up the
files (include system files as well) themselves or importing/exporting these
"keys" if in fact the can be considered that, to another storage medium, try
deleting them and reboot your computer. Before deleting them, try saving
them as a "txt" file (if you can) and edit them with either notepad or the
System Configuration Utility (Msconfig.exe). This will sometimes give you an
idea as to which files or program the info belongs too. In general, files
that end with the "*.tmp" extension can be safely deleted without any
problems.  HTH. :-)

Walter R. Worth
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