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varios files like `MbcYHt` all over my filesystem. where are they coming from?
Recently, I noted that some directories of my server are cluttered with files like MbcYHt, KZDmv_, K40bS9, etc., i.e. always a filename of size 6 which seems to be base64 encoded. The file size is ...
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How to change the location where Windows XP caches its RAM or temporary files?
I'm using SSD as my OS drive, and I can say its really slow when a painting program uses the undo memory, it stores them somewhere, which I dont know where, but i guess its using the SSD since i cant ...
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how to restore a file saved in the .tmp folder of ubuntu?
One of my friends was working on a 10 page college paper, and saved it in the tmp folder of ubuntu. The file is listed under LibreOffice Writer's "recent files" but when clicked on, it comes up with ...
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How can I tell if somebody is logged in with Temp Profile?
I have a user that is logged on but i dont think that their profile has loaded properly. I click on the start menu and it shows the correct username, but im wondering is there a way (once im logged ...
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Where is the temporary directory in Linux?
Does Linux have a standard temporary directory for general use, like Windows's C:\Temp folder? If so, where is it located? I found an SO question about finding a tmp directory programmatically, but I ...
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Why was the %Temp% folder invented?
Why was the %Temp% folder invented?
Why will any program ever need to have to have a temporary folder for data? Can they not just use the RAM or any other temporary storage?
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Windows 7 disk errors after a few hours of runtime
I'm having trouble understanding what is going on with my work PC. Whenever I boot it, it runs fine for a while, then starts to randomly show disk errors. The displayed error often contains the ...
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Temporary files folder
There's this folder on WinXP: C:\Documents and Settings[admin name]\Local Settings\Temp
It's used for temporary files.
The question is: how is this folder populated?? What types of software (does ...
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How to stop Word from creating temporary files in the same directory?
When I open a Word document, it creates files in the same directory with a syntax like ~$documentname.docx.
Is there a way to eliminate it or tell Word to save those to a temporary directory? It ...
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do files in the temporary folders get automatically deleted?
We are thinking to make our web application hosted on a windows server 2003 machine create temporary files, and "leave" it there as such. We won't manually take any action on them. So will these files ...
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Avoid Powerpoint(/Word) 2010 creating temporary files in working directory
When opening a temporary file, Powerpoint 2010 usually creates a temporary, hidden file called ~$filename.pptx in the same directory. This is undesirable, since it can cause unnecessary activity with ...
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When is a Windows User's Temp directory cleaned out?
When does Windows clear this directory? The only time it seems to is when running disk cleanup tool one is given the option..
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Is it good practice to create subfolders off the %TEMP% folder?
If I look at my %TEMP% folder (i.e. C:\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Temp\), I see some apps stick stuff in there, and some apps stick it into a subfolder off there. Sometimes those ...
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Where does Internet Explorer keep downloaded files that are merely “opened” on Windows 7?
I decided to open a file instead of saving it, made lots of changes saved many times, but when I closed it, I realised I couldn't find it anymore.
I'm hopping the file is still here, but can't find ...
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Security concerns with moving temp folder in Windows 7
I'm thinking about moving the Windows 7 temp folders to a different partition to prevent excessive fragmentation. However, my concern is that if I simply change %TEMP%, user specific temporary files ...
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Is there any software for cleaning temp folder?
As the title says - is there any software for cleaning the local settings / temp folder? With no installing, not much options, just simple, nice interface with buttons to do what's needed and which ...
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Temporary Extract Directory
In my Windows 7 installation it created a 100MB partition. I am not sure what it is used for, but when I run certain installers it unpacks to that directory. e.g d:\somerandomvalue.
I have searched ...
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Automatically Deleting C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp
I'm trying to find a way to automatically clean/delete the temporary files from C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp\ at shutdown/boot on my Windows XP Pro x64 SP2 machine.
The main ...
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Mount External Hard Drive on Ubuntu 10.04 Across Network
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on two separate machines on a network (Ubuntu machine A and B). I am running some tests with temp files for some other software, installed on Ubuntu machine A. The software ...
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Firefox temporary files in Mac OS X
When using Firefox in OS X where are the temporary files stored?
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Cleaning temp folders on Windows
How are the temp folders on Windows supposed to work? On my Vista PC I notice they simply get larger and larger. I presume I'd eventually just run out of space (I'm already getting low because of ...
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Editor that saves temp files for crash recovery?
I often need to just copy/paste some text into a temporary file without having to give it an actual filename in a directory somewhere.
Originally, I would just create a new e-mail message and paste ...
