Re: Funny Files

• TehJarVu

  13 Dec 06, 09:52

  In one of my importamt folders (which contains my thesis), many weird looking files have appeared.........
  
  (1) why?
  
  (2) can i delete them (without affecting my thesis files - can't afford to lose them)?
  
  
• ndmmxiaomayi

  13 Dec 06, 13:07

  .tmp files are temporary files. They appear automatically when you open any Office documents.
  
  You can't delete them while your document is opened, it will give you a file is in use error.
  
  Once you close those opened files, they will be gone automatically. If they aren't, just delete away. It does no harm to your PC, except eating up space.
• MyPillowTalks

  13 Dec 06, 20:39

  I DUN WAN START NEW TOPIC, SO:
  
  can i delete quarantine items from my norton antivirus's qurantine folder? straight from program file> norton>quarantine? cos the message keep showing that the files have been deleted but still there...
• alexkusu

  13 Dec 06, 20:41

  yes
• TehJarVu

  23 Dec 06, 20:08

  NEW QUESTION:
  
  can i delete the circled file?
  
  i didn't create it
  
  and it doesn't say temp file
  
  but it appears as a faint faint icon with a ~$ in front as you can see in the pic
  
  
• dark_snowboy

  23 Dec 06, 22:26

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  NEW QUESTION:
  
  can i delete the circled file?
  
  i didn't create it
  
  and it doesn't say temp file
  
  but it appears as a faint faint icon with a ~$ in front as you can see in the pic
  
  

  Greetings, if you allow the viewing of hidden files and folders, that document that you stated will automatically be created once you open that file name associated with that "file you specified". When you close your TimesNewRoman file, if will dissapear from your folder.
• TehJarVu

  23 Dec 06, 22:29

  Originally posted by dark_snowboy:

  Greetings, if you allow the viewing of hidden files and folders, that document that you stated will automatically be created once you open that file name associated with that "file you specified". When you close your TimesNewRoman file, if will dissapear from your folder.

  how come other files not like that if i have allowed viewing of hidden files and folder?
  
  so now how?
  
  means i leave it?
• Xcert

  24 Dec 06, 11:38

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  how come other files not like that if i have allowed viewing of hidden files and folder?
  
  so now how?
  
  means i leave it?

  hidden files/folders doesnt only mean temp files...some system files,configuration files,etc are also hidden.
  
  only temp files generally have a ~ in front and they disappear when U close the working file.
  
  if U can live with the files there...just leave it...if not...make a backup and delete.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  24 Dec 06, 21:20

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  NEW QUESTION:
  
  can i delete the circled file?
  
  i didn't create it
  
  and it doesn't say temp file
  
  but it appears as a faint faint icon with a ~$ in front as you can see in the pic
  
  

  Nope. This shows that you have opened that particular file and is using it.
  
  They are important, although they used up hard disk space.
  
  Have a read.