misc application files

[H. W. Scott]

When using windows explorer, I find hundreds of
application files in various folders with weird titles.
Most are about 85k in size and the dates vary. For
example; Aa2A, date created 03/13/2003, size 1.2 Mb.

Also, I find a lot of files stored on my hard drive that
are *.rar files. I clean them out and they come back.
It seems as though these files are regenerating and
slowly taking up space.

[Sir_George]

H. W. Scott,

The hundred of application files are from what program/application? For the
second question; http://www.rarlab.com/

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"H. W. Scott" > wrote in message
...
> When using windows explorer, I find hundreds of
> application files in various folders with weird titles.
> Most are about 85k in size and the dates vary. For
> example; Aa2A, date created 03/13/2003, size 1.2 Mb.
>
> Also, I find a lot of files stored on my hard drive that
> are *.rar files. I clean them out and they come back.
> It seems as though these files are regenerating and
> slowly taking up space.

[Earl F. Parrish]

"H. W. Scott" > wrote in message
...
> When using windows explorer, I find hundreds of
> application files in various folders with weird titles.
> Most are about 85k in size and the dates vary. For
> example; Aa2A, date created 03/13/2003, size 1.2 Mb.
>
> Also, I find a lot of files stored on my hard drive that
> are *.rar files. I clean them out and they come back.
> It seems as though these files are regenerating and
> slowly taking up space.

You are seeing the System Restore files. It gives many of the saved
files letters and number which are self-extracting compressed files.
These files will not be visible is you check Hide protected
operating system files under Folder Options.

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Earl F. Parrish