RE: MONxxx.tmp files in Windows\Temp folder...Safe to delete?

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Hi Inn,

Thanks for the FileMon util. It did show me that mssbsssr.exe is
responsible for the MONxxx.tmp file creation. Now I have to find out why
it's intermittantly creating these 488MB temp files. I'll try the RegMon next.
Thanks again,

Patrick

""Inn Jin [MSFT]"" wrote:

Hi, Patrik.

Thank you for updating.

I appreciate you followed our suggestion. You said you want to know what
the MONxxx.tmp files are and why did they generate periodically? Base on my
knowledge, Microsoft's products do not generate these files, it should be
generated by the third-party applications, I am sorry for that we are not
familiar with third party applications. It is better way to contact the
software vendor for support. Your understanding is appreciated.

If you want to know how these files generates, I suggest you use Filemon
tool to monitor the temp files creation process to find the root cause.
Filemon and Regmon are free monitoring utilities from
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx available for
download.

They allow you to monitor file and registry access on a machine. When you
start either one of these utilities (Filemon.exe,Regmon.exe), you will
notice that they start monitoring activity on your machine right away. Are
goal in running these utilities is to capture file and registry activity
during the sequence of events that causes the problem you are experiencing.
Please use the following steps to capture data with these utilities. You
will need to follow the steps below for both utilities.

Download page:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/FileAndDisk/Filemon.mspx

I suggest you view the above filemon tool introduction information and run
the Filemon application for 24 hour to monitor the process.

NOTE: In order to see minimal traffic from the utilities close all other
applications that are not involved in the test and use filter dialog to
filter .tmp data;
And also you can check those Monxx.tmp file created time period and run the
Filemon tool during that time period in order to minimize traffic. You can
create a task schedule to do that.

From the data, I believe you can find the cause.

I appreciate your understanding and cooperating, if you have further
concern on this issue, please feel free to let me know.

Have a nice day and Merry Christmas!

Best regards,

Inn Jin (MSFT)

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