What are these files?

[anon]

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>-----Original Message-----
>What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...
>
> Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat
>
>There are numerous of them that accumulate over time and
vary by the park
>of the name "6C0" as in the example.
>
>TIA
>Wayne
>.
>

[Rob]

"anon" > wrote in message
...
| http://www.experts-
| exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_20351139.html
|
| Go to the above link (copy and paste into your browser
| address bar) - sorry about the 2 lines.
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...
| >
| > Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat
| >
| >There are numerous of them that accumulate over time and
| vary by the park
| >of the name "6C0" as in the example.
| >
| >TIA
| >Wayne
| >.
| >
Sending Wayne to a Spam site that does not answer the question directly is a
waste of your time and everyone else's.
I am sure that Wayne had found that site the same way that you did, via
Google, and is not interested in joining up either, and was hoping for an
answer here on this N.G.
Rob.

[Wesley Vogel]

Rob;

Scroll down past the ads to view the response.
You don't have to sign up for anything.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In ,
Rob > hunted and pecked:
> "anon" > wrote in message
> ...
>> http://www.experts-
>> exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_20351139.html
>>
>> Go to the above link (copy and paste into your browser
>> address bar) - sorry about the 2 lines.
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...
>>>
>>> Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat
>>>
>>> There are numerous of them that accumulate over time and
>> vary by the park
>>> of the name "6C0" as in the example.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> Wayne
>>> .
>>>
> Sending Wayne to a Spam site that does not answer the question
> directly is a waste of your time and everyone else's.
> I am sure that Wayne had found that site the same way that you did,
> via Google, and is not interested in joining up either, and was
> hoping for an answer here on this N.G.
> Rob.

[Anon - retired]

This was what I was directing the user to. As I'm just=20
wasting everybody's time by responding, in the future, I=20
shall not respond at all. Hope you're all happy now. One=20
less NG poster. PS www.google.com - answers most=20
questions anyway.



From www.jsifaq.com

3343 =BB What are the %SystemRoot%\System32
\Perflib_Perfdataxxx.dat files?

The %SystemRoot%\System32\Perflib_Perfdataxxx.dat files=20
are created by the System Monitor. When you shutdown=20
normally, the file should be deleted.

If you have an abormal shutdown, these files can become=20
orphaned, and accumulate on your computer.

Under some yet to be determined circumstances, these=20
files can become orphaned during normal operation.

The best way to remove these files is to add a command in=20
a logon script:

del /q %SystemRoot%\System32\Perflib_Perfdata*.dat





=20
Comment from st_steve
Date: 09/05/2002 02:05PM PDT
Comment =20


What program creates them? WINDOWS (apparently stands=20
for "Will Install Needless Data On Whole System"). I mean=20
think about it, System Monitor/Performance Monitor on a=20
home edition of Windows XP? Come on Uncle Bill, you gotta=20
be kidding, right?

Not sure about Windows XP but you can access the System=20
Monitor interface by issuing "perfmon" in Windows 2000.

=20
Comment from singlpop
Date: 09/05/2002 05:50PM PDT
Author Comment =20


....this is my third attempt to post a comment.=20

While I appreciate the comments very much, I was hoping=20
someone could tell me specifically what service/program=20
creates these files in the specific location namely=20
C:\windows\temp after I power down and reboot or so it=20
seems now, and how I can stop the creation of these=20
files. I opened one of the files in word and all that was=20
there was a lot empty small squares. Row and rows of=20
squares???=20
=20
Comment from pjknibbs
Date: 09/05/2002 10:58PM PDT
Comment =20


st_steve: You could get a simplified System Monitor on=20
Win9x, so why not on XP Home Edition?
=20
Comment from singlpop
Date: 09/06/2002 10:38AM PDT
Author Comment =20


I ran perfmon from the Run command and searched it and=20
find no reference to these files as nothing has been=20
setup in the console. It isn't in startup and to my=20
knowledge it had never been opened until your post=20
st__steve, I have disabled all startup items from=20
msconfig and the files were still created on startup the=20
files only dated back to 8-7-02 so I must have installed=20
a windows component or update that started this some time=20
around that date. I still don't know why these files are=20
created or what service/program creates them. It seems=20
there is not much interest in helping figure this out so=20
I will go ahead and award you both the points if I don't=20
get the answer by later today. Thanks for your interest.=20

Bobby
=20
Comment from singlpop
Date: 09/06/2002 10:41AM PDT
Author Comment =20


I removed Management and Monitoring Tools from windows=20
components through the Control Panel and the files were=20
deleted on reboot and none were created. Thanks for the=20
interest.=20

I'll create another question to award points to st__steve=20
and accept sburck comment as an answer.=20
=20
Comment from Spaghetti_Junction
Date: 12/02/2003 02:09PM PST
Comment =20


This is not a valid logon script:

del /q %SystemRoot%\System32\Perflib_Perfdata*.dat

I've tried it and it doesn't work.

I hate these perflib files - I'm sure they keep changing=20
my homepage and starting pop up everytime I connect to=20
the internet.
=20
Comment from pueo
Date: 12/31/2003 12:10PM PST
Comment =20


Here are my observations regarding the perflib_perfdata=20
files. I never saw these files on my computer until I=20
installed a new DVD-CD RW drive and the Nero burning=20
software that came along with it. They (the files)=20
appeared thereafter and I too went through all of the=20
gyrations listed in the thread regarding the attempts at=20
deletion.

BTW, the files are usually located in the documents and=20
setttings\username (you)\local settings\temp folder. =20
That is probably why the login script, del /q %SystemRoot%
\System32\Perflib_Perfdata*.dat, doesn't work. The path=20
is wrong. Anyhow, they will always be recreated by the=20
program that they are associated with. I knew that the=20
file creation had to be somehow related to the Nero=20
software so I began to look there. Along with the=20
burning software came a program called InCD which=20
supposedly lets one copy and write files to a CD-R or CD-
RW disk as if it were a regular drive on your system. I=20
suspected this first and removed the program. Voila!=20
After the removal of InCD there were no more Perf files=20
being created on my drive and I could delete the existing=20
one

So, many of the causes that relate to the creation of=20
these files may not be of malicious origin. Some=20
legitimate program may be doing it and you will have to=20
find out whcih one it is and whether you really need it=20
or not.

Pueo
=20

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"anon" > wrote in=20
message
...
>| http://www.experts-
>| exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_20351139.html
>|
>| Go to the above link (copy and paste into your browser
>| address bar) - sorry about the 2 lines.
>|
>|
>| >-----Original Message-----
>| >What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...
>| >
>| > Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat
>| >
>| >There are numerous of them that accumulate over time=20
and
>| vary by the park
>| >of the name "6C0" as in the example.
>| >
>| >TIA
>| >Wayne
>| >.
>| >
>Sending Wayne to a Spam site that does not answer the=20
question directly is a
>waste of your time and everyone else's.
>I am sure that Wayne had found that site the same way=20
that you did, via
>Google, and is not interested in joining up either, and=20
was hoping for an
>answer here on this N.G.
>Rob.
>
>.
>

[Anon - Retired]

Thanks Wes, at least someone was smart enough to scroll
down past the ads. I assumed that the person/Rob would be
of enough intelligence to scroll past the ads but I guess
I was so wrong.

Obviously I'm not wanted on this NG. Many answers are
found via google - is that a sin??? I only wanted to help.



>-----Original Message-----
>Rob;
>
>Scroll down past the ads to view the response.
>You don't have to sign up for anything.
>
>--
>Hope this helps. Let us know.
>Wes
>
>In ,
>Rob > hunted and pecked:
>> "anon" > wrote in
message
>> ...
>>> http://www.experts-
>>> exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_20351139.html
>>>
>>> Go to the above link (copy and paste into your browser
>>> address bar) - sorry about the 2 lines.
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...
>>>>
>>>> Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat
>>>>
>>>> There are numerous of them that accumulate over time
and
>>> vary by the park
>>>> of the name "6C0" as in the example.
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>> Wayne
>>>> .
>>>>
>> Sending Wayne to a Spam site that does not answer the
question
>> directly is a waste of your time and everyone else's.
>> I am sure that Wayne had found that site the same way
that you did,
>> via Google, and is not interested in joining up
either, and was
>> hoping for an answer here on this N.G.
>> Rob.
>.
>

[Wesley Vogel]

Anon - Retired;

I use Experts Exchange all the time. I never look at the ads.
:o)

If you want to stick around, and I think you should,
you're gonna have to put up with a certain amount of crap.

And a lot of the time nobody even says thank you.

Just ignore the crap. IMHO I think even a negative response is
better than no response.

Let's win one for the Gipper! :o)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In ,
Anon - Retired > hunted and pecked:
> Thanks Wes, at least someone was smart enough to scroll
> down past the ads. I assumed that the person/Rob would be
> of enough intelligence to scroll past the ads but I guess
> I was so wrong.
>
> Obviously I'm not wanted on this NG. Many answers are
> found via google - is that a sin??? I only wanted to help.
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Rob;
>>
>> Scroll down past the ads to view the response.
>> You don't have to sign up for anything.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>> Wes
>>
>> In ,
>> Rob > hunted and pecked:
>>> "anon" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> http://www.experts-
>>>> exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_20351139.html
>>>>
>>>> Go to the above link (copy and paste into your browser
>>>> address bar) - sorry about the 2 lines.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...
>>>>>
>>>>> Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat
>>>>>
>>>>> There are numerous of them that accumulate over time and vary by
>>>>> the park of the name "6C0" as in the example.
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA
>>>>> Wayne
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>> Sending Wayne to a Spam site that does not answer the question
>>> directly is a waste of your time and everyone else's.
>>> I am sure that Wayne had found that site the same way that you did,
>>> via Google, and is not interested in joining up either, and was
>>> hoping for an answer here on this N.G.
>>> Rob.
>> .

[Anon - Retired]

Okay, but I'll post under my correct name in future -
just use anon during the day when I have to use the CDO
rather than Outlook Express. Just having a bad day I
guess.

>-----Original Message-----
>Anon - Retired;
>
>I use Experts Exchange all the time. I never look at
the ads.
> :o)
>
>If you want to stick around, and I think you should,
>you're gonna have to put up with a certain amount of
crap.
>
>And a lot of the time nobody even says thank you.
>
>Just ignore the crap. IMHO I think even a negative
response is
>better than no response.
>
>Let's win one for the Gipper! :o)
>
>--
>Hope this helps. Let us know.
>Wes
>
>In ,
>Anon - Retired >
hunted and pecked:
>> Thanks Wes, at least someone was smart enough to scroll
>> down past the ads. I assumed that the person/Rob would
be
>> of enough intelligence to scroll past the ads but I
guess
>> I was so wrong.
>>
>> Obviously I'm not wanted on this NG. Many answers are
>> found via google - is that a sin??? I only wanted to
help.
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Rob;
>>>
>>> Scroll down past the ads to view the response.
>>> You don't have to sign up for anything.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>> Wes
>>>
>>> In ,
>>> Rob > hunted and pecked:
>>>> "anon" > wrote
in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> http://www.experts-
>>>>> exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_20351139.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Go to the above link (copy and paste into your
browser
>>>>> address bar) - sorry about the 2 lines.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are numerous of them that accumulate over
time and vary by
>>>>>> the park of the name "6C0" as in the example.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>> Wayne
>>>>>> .
>>>>>>
>>>> Sending Wayne to a Spam site that does not answer
the question
>>>> directly is a waste of your time and everyone else's.
>>>> I am sure that Wayne had found that site the same
way that you did,
>>>> via Google, and is not interested in joining up
either, and was
>>>> hoping for an answer here on this N.G.
>>>> Rob.
>>> .
>.
>

[Getting Slower & Slower !]

"Anon - retired" > wrote in message
...
This was what I was directing the user to. As I'm just
wasting everybody's time by responding, in the future, I
shall not respond at all. Hope you're all happy now. One
less NG poster. PS www.google.com - answers most
questions anyway.

<snipped>

>Sending Wayne to a Spam site that does not answer the
question directly is a
>waste of your time and everyone else's.
>I am sure that Wayne had found that site the same way
that you did, via
>Google, and is not interested in joining up either, and
was hoping for an
>answer here on this N.G.
>Rob.

<snipped>

Hi "Anon - retired",
Please accept an appology as I appear to struck a raw nerve.

As this N.G. is susposedly for "new users" and is offered from the "Help
and Support" area, I expect answers to posters questions to offer in enough
detail / in plain language / little as possible technical speech, and to
assist the ' The first computer Buyer' in clear terms if possible.
We all start at bedrock level at sometime, and I felt the O.P. got a
trite answer from you, that wasted his (Wayne's) time, and others reading
the post to increase their knowledge.
As he hasn't responded, we don't know, do we?

As for the so called "Expert's" site, I know NOW that the answer is
way, way, down the page.
But under the posted question there are TWO places to sign up so as to
'receive' the wanted answer. Just there, highlighted, no pointing to the
bottom for the free answer ?
What you get for signing up I dont know, and really dont want to find out,
as I get enough spam.

That the answer is buried below all that type, is a con act in my
opinion, and not a free site, but a rigged site to trap the inexperienced
user, and the spammers dont need any help from well meaning people.
The correct response was the 'cut & paste', which was what you intended
to achieve in the first place, and as a basic p.c. user myself, is factual,
but 'tech heavy' for a "new user", but so be it.

As for your comment re Google, their are many people who do not know how
to use a search engine for best use, and I often wonder at the patience
shown by the M.V.P's and Super Users like our Norm, God Bless him, and I
know that every time we post, we can expect to be flamed or plain ignorned
or nit picked just for trying to help out folks in dire need of an answer.

Rob.

[Wesley Vogel]

Rob;

I've been flamed for copying and pasting instead of including
a link to whatever I had copied and pasted.

You can't please everybody. :o)

[[As he hasn't responded, we don't know, do we?]]
Unfortunately a lot of CDO users never find their way
back to see any answers. I am amazed by the number
of users that *do* find their way back. I have my OE rules
set to show posts
in red and for a long time I ignored those posts. Than I thought
that wasn't fair, obviously those posters need help.

As far as the Expert's Exchange site, I happen to know
that some very savvy users have made the same mistake you did.
:o)

IMO if a poster does not understand an answer, providing they
can find their way back, the majority of posters here are more than
happy to try to explain further.

Speaking of wasted time..........
What bothers me is that when I spend some time trying to put together
an answer and:
a. The Original Poster never sees any of the posts.
b. The Original Poster sees the answer and never posts a reply.

I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it, but what do those posters
end up doing? Shell out $$$$$ at their local computer shops?

I would rather spend the time after I know the OP can find their way back.

I would rather be flamed or nit picked, it's better than being ignored.

Keep having fun!

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In ,
Getting Slower & Slower ! > hunted and pecked:
> "Anon - retired" > wrote in
> message ...
> This was what I was directing the user to. As I'm just
> wasting everybody's time by responding, in the future, I
> shall not respond at all. Hope you're all happy now. One
> less NG poster. PS www.google.com - answers most
> questions anyway.
>
> <snipped>
>
>> Sending Wayne to a Spam site that does not answer the
> question directly is a
>> waste of your time and everyone else's.
>> I am sure that Wayne had found that site the same way
> that you did, via
>> Google, and is not interested in joining up either, and
> was hoping for an
>> answer here on this N.G.
>> Rob.
>
> <snipped>
>
> Hi "Anon - retired",
> Please accept an appology as I appear to struck a raw nerve.
>
> As this N.G. is susposedly for "new users" and is offered from
> the "Help and Support" area, I expect answers to posters questions to
> offer in enough detail / in plain language / little as possible
> technical speech, and to assist the ' The first computer Buyer' in
> clear terms if possible. We all start at bedrock level at
> sometime, and I felt the O.P. got a
> trite answer from you, that wasted his (Wayne's) time, and others
> reading the post to increase their knowledge.
> As he hasn't responded, we don't know, do we?
>
> As for the so called "Expert's" site, I know NOW that the answer
> is way, way, down the page.
> But under the posted question there are TWO places to sign up so as to
> 'receive' the wanted answer. Just there, highlighted, no pointing to
> the bottom for the free answer ?
> What you get for signing up I dont know, and really dont want to find
> out, as I get enough spam.
>
> That the answer is buried below all that type, is a con act in my
> opinion, and not a free site, but a rigged site to trap the
> inexperienced user, and the spammers dont need any help from well
> meaning people. The correct response was the 'cut & paste', which
> was what you intended
> to achieve in the first place, and as a basic p.c. user myself, is
> factual, but 'tech heavy' for a "new user", but so be it.
>
> As for your comment re Google, their are many people who do not
> know how to use a search engine for best use, and I often wonder at
> the patience shown by the M.V.P's and Super Users like our Norm, God
> Bless him, and I know that every time we post, we can expect to be
> flamed or plain ignorned or nit picked just for trying to help out
> folks in dire need of an answer.
>
> Rob.

[Wayne Boatwright]

"anon" > wrote in news:1102001c40fbe
:

> http://www.experts-
> exchange.com/Operating_Systems/Q_20351139.html
>
> Go to the above link (copy and paste into your browser
> address bar) - sorry about the 2 lines.

Thank you for the site. It's just exactly the information I needed!

Wayne

>>-----Original Message-----
>>What are these files in the Windows/Temp folder...
>>
>> Perflib_Perfdata_6C0.dat
>>
>>There are numerous of them that accumulate over time and
> vary by the park
>>of the name "6C0" as in the example.
>>
>>TIA
>>Wayne
>>.
>>