slate_leeper wrote:
I found four strange files on my computer today:
edbres000001.jrs
edbres000002.jrs
edb.chk
edb.log


I understand that these normally having something to do with Win-7
error checking. What I am concerned about is that they appeared in my
Downloads directory. All except the .chk file are the exact same
length (5,120 kb),. The .chk file is 8 kb.) All are time stamped
yesterday, about 5 pm.

Note that these same file names exist in
windows/softwaredistribution/datastore/logs where the size of the
three larger is 1,280 kb. The latest date modified on those is
02/08/2018.

So, what are these new ones doing there, and can I delete them?

-dan z-

Would they be journal files for a Jet Blue ESE database ?

Microsoft likes to use that, for things like SearchIndexer,
WindowsUpdate, and possibly some mail project.

There's not a good reason for that to be in your
Downloads folder. If you had a portable tool, that made
a jounaled database, then that might explain it.

Find some files ending in .edb on your computer,
and see if a set of journal files are right next to it.
Then compare the names, to see if the names have
a similar format.

Windows.edb is used by the Search Indexer. And
somewhere in SoftwareDistribution, should be some
sort of .edb file as well.

You may need something like Agent Ransack, to find files
like that. For example, the Search Indexer is not allowed
to index its own database file (as that would cause a loop),
so by definition a Windows search box should not be able
to locate Windows.edb. But Agent Ransack or Everything.exe
shouldn't have a problem finding some .edb files for you.

*******

If you were a crazy person, you could go to the Search Indexer
control panel, move the location of the database to
your Downloads folder. And maybe then the journal files
would end up in Downloads ?

Paul