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65,536 temp files in Windows Temp folder?

Secrent · 2011-10-01T18:25:28+00:00

I have had a 6 mo. ongoing problem with something creating exactly 65,536 (each time) temp. files, in the Windows Temp folder: They are listed as: TMP994A.tmp. 9/29/2011 9:28pm TMP File 0 KB and progress numerically and alphabetically. It appears to be on a timer, as it can be 2 wks. without loading, sometimes a few days, and recently, it has been reloading soon after I delete them. It takes about 10 mins. to delete them & empty the recycle bin in Safe Mode, doing it on the desktop can take 20-30 mins. I have run Malwarebytes, Norton, varies registry cleaners with no luck catching whatever it is. I have googled it without any direct hits as to what it might be. Some suggest a program, possibly Adobe causing it. I uninstalled Adobe & it still does it. My Windows startup started taking 2-3 mins. after this started. I am at wits end and may just go ahead with a clean & install, but I dread the drudgery of reloading programs etc. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your tim

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askey127 Admin/Teacher

October 11, 2011, 11:03 AM UTC

Those files are normal for the Windows Temp folder.
Glad we could help out.

askey127 Admin/Teacher

October 14, 2011, 6:59 PM UTC

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