Re: 0kb exe files in Windows folder
- From: "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:18:00 -0500
Hi,
Hard to tell what might have created them, but they should be safe to
delete.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Sandman" <Peterf41@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Just found scads of 0kb exe files in C:\Windows folder in XP after doing a
> wildcard Search for something else. Curious because a web search turns-up
> nothing about them; all named differently such as apieg32, for example.
> Clicking to open them brings-up an error saying this is 'not a valid Win32
> application' (?) for each one. There must be at least 35 of these buggers.
> I am baffled as to what might have created them or placed them in my
> root
> folder and what they represent.. Can anyone give me some direction on
> these
> and if you need more specific info, please let me know.
> Thanks for any help with this..
>
>
.
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