ColTom2 wrote:
Hi Ian:

I have always found it in the listed file string after reboot. The
file is always the same size 1,032kb. Also apparently when it is
rebuilt the file is fragmented for whatever reason, as Windows Defrag
cannot currently Defrag this file on my laptop.

I have a Sony desktop running XP Pro SP3 with this file and have no
problems with Windows Defrag running through to completion, but my
Toshiba laptop XP Home SP3 will not run through the Defrag to
completion.

I have fixed this problem once or twice before, but I never really
found exactly what allowed me to run Windows Defrag to completion
sometimes while other times not. If I ever update Java to a new
edition I always normally have this Defrag problem with either of the
computers.

Maybe you have an answer?

ColTom2

P.S. I appreciate your info about this file that you sent.


"Ian D" wrote in message
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"ColTom2" wrote in message
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I should have explained further what I meant by "Stealth"
mode....the file does not appear in Safemode.

ColTom2


The reason you can't see it in SafeMode is because the file is
not there. It's deleted when XP shuts down. It's a temporary
workspace for processing information exchange transactions.
If you check Catroot2 immediately after a normal boot up, tmp.edb
probably won't be there. It will be created when required.




"ColTom2" wrote in message
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It seems that you cannot do anything with this file
"C:\Windows\System32\CatRoot2\tmp.edb". You cannot delete, copy,
transfer, defrag, or anything else. It's like a "stealth" file and
the only Windows file that I have ever seen like this.

Very unique file to say the least.....

ColTom2

"Bob I" wrote in message
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Perhaps start in Safe Mode and just delete it.

ColTom2 wrote:

Thanks, as your instructions worked! But the file still cannot be
defragged
for some reason.

ColTom2


"meerkat" wrote in message
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"ColTom2" wrote in message
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Hi;

I would like to defrag the following file
"C:\Windows\System32\CatRoot2\tmp.edb" with Sysinternals Contig
v1.55.

I extracted the file Contig.exe from the Sysinternals Suite to my
Desktop,
but when I click on it the Command Prompt screen briefly appears
and then is
gone.

How can I use this application to defrag the file listed above?
Please
give me specific instructions.



Are you ready ?. Then we`ll begin.
Start / Run , and type in CMD
Now you are in the Command window.
Open SI Contig, by highlighting, and drag it into the
command window.
Then add the full path to you file...
C:\Windows\System32\CatRoot2\tmp.edb
Leave a space between the two items.
bw..

I suspect a normal defrag operation cannot touch it because it's in use.
I don't know how to tell when it's in use and when it's not, but I'd
suggest that maybe it lets defrage run OK on Pro but not on Home would
be due to some inconsistancy between the two, because a file simply
being "in use" shouldn't prevent defrag from completing, AFAIK.

It's also interesting to me that it's created fragmented. Since it's
only a 1 Meg file, it seems like there shouldn't be anything to cause it
to be fragmented upon creation unless the disk is full or thinks it's
full. It's just a database so there about has to be something else
going on there. Got access to any other Pro/Home machines to see if the
pattern is repeatable?

No help I know, but perhaps some musings that might trigger something.

Cheers,

Twayne