Re: Temporary files accumulating

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This document does not apply to Windows XP Service Pack 2. If you're using
Windows XP SP2 and this problem is seen, then it's possible that you have
set Kill-bit to the following control:

hhctrl.ocx CLSID {41B23C28-488E-4E5C-ACE2-BB0BBABE99E8}, as per the
suggestion in the MS Knowledgebase article:

How to help protect against the Internet Explorer Click and Scroll security
issue
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888534
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from...
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/helpctrindex.htm

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX
Compatibility\{41B23C28-488E-4E5C-ACE2-BB0BBABE99E8}\]
"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000400

If Compatibility Flags DWORD value is set to 00000400, the kill bit is set.
I used to use that to kill Macromedia Flash before I uninstalled it
completely.

How to Stop an ActiveX Control from Running in Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:OrImFSZEHHA.3576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Ayush <ayushmaan.j[aatt]gmail.com> hunted and pecked:
I have same problem (Index = Red X, Related topics not working in Help&S
+ HTML Help). But the page says it is not for XP SP2. Is there a solution
for SP2 ?

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Replid to [Wesley Vogel]s message :
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To open...
C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local Settings\Temp folder

Click Start | Click Run | Type: %tmp% | Click OK

Doesn't matter if it's Hidden or not.

~DF[random numbers].tmp files can be created by almost anything.
Just open a Word doc and do nothing else and you will have at least
three of them.

ZoneAlarm can and will create
C:\WINDOWS\Temp\ZLT06a49.TMP
and it can not be deleted because it is in use by ZoneAlarm.

Type: temp in Start | Run to open the folder.

Help and Support Center Index is blank with a red X mark
And, "Related Topics" link does not work
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/helpctrindex.htm


In news:0F2E9E10-BEDB-493F-92EE-1F814B4A6241@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
SAM <SAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I have XP Professional running on a 40GB HD partitioned into C and D
drives of 20GB each.

I recently attempted to defrag C drive - error message advised that
I had insufficient space to complete a full defrag. Surprising
since programs took up only 8GB of the 20GB. I did however
uninstall a couple of programs I hardly use in an effort to free up
space but this had no effect.

After a sherlock holmes type investigation I found that the cuprit
was the the C;\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local
Settings\Temp folder. I deleted all these 1400 odd files and the
defrag was clean and successful.

I was not aware of the existance of the temporary folder because (as
I now know) it is a hidden folder.

My problem is that since taking this action two things have happened:

1) Booting up takes a longer than usual and
2) Two temporary files are created (which remain forever) at each
boot up and occasionally during the day as a result of doing
something that I haven't quite worked out yet but seems it might be
as a result of doing something in windows explorer - like deleting a
file - but not always!.

The only other odd thing is that all links in "Help and Support" no
longer work eg, "related topics". Discovered this whilst trying to
troubleshoot my problem.

Apart from the above everything works fine and fast once the
computer has booted up.

I have an automatically updated virus scanner (CA Anti Virus) and
have done several complete scans of both C and D drives with nothing
found.

The temporary files seem to come often in pairs of size 144kb and
588kb and always have the name ~DF[random numbers].tmp. Some days
there can be 20 or more of these accumulating in the Temp folder.
Obviously they had been accumulating for many months before I
realised the problem. Unfortunately I had deleted the files without
looking at the date of the first one so I'm not exactly sure of how
long this has been going on - quite a long time it seems to take up
8 or 9GB of space!

A system restore has had no effect - probably because it has been
going on longer than 3 months.

Would appreciate any help anyone can give me to solve this problem
without having to completely reformat or reload XP completely.

Thanks.

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SAM

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