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What do these following extensions mean in the registry files and are
any safe to delete? .evt .Evt .rrr .log .sav ? I have these regsitry files on my system. Since I am running two operating systems I was able to copy these files to the root directory and defragment them. Software was in the most fragments. I then moved them back. My system seems to accept the newly defraged files. Now these files will never fragment again right? Bill |
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The "registry" file that you defragged what would the extension be??
There is a difference between a "registry" file and files that end with the listed extensions. So that poses the question of what you actually "defragged" ??? A quick and simple explanation of defrag: moving the files on a harddrive so that they are all in order. When writing a file to the HD it does not necessarily go all in one place. That file could be scattered in different fragments over empty spaces on your HD. Defrag finds those fragments and puts them together. peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "Bill Cunningham" wrote in message ... What do these following extensions mean in the registry files and are any safe to delete? .evt .Evt .rrr .log .sav ? I have these regsitry files on my system. Since I am running two operating systems I was able to copy these files to the root directory and defragment them. Software was in the most fragments. I then moved them back. My system seems to accept the newly defraged files. Now these files will never fragment again right? Bill |
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Where are these "registry files" located?
Bill Cunningham wrote: What do these following extensions mean in the registry files and are any safe to delete? .evt .Evt .rrr .log .sav ? I have these regsitry files on my system. Since I am running two operating systems I was able to copy these files to the root directory and defragment them. Software was in the most fragments. I then moved them back. My system seems to accept the newly defraged files. Now these files will never fragment again right? |
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those extensions simply sound like
log files for a game. you can browse for the extensions he http://www.sharpened.net/helpcenter/...tensions.php?S what you may want to try is to make a system restore point then move them to the recycle bin and if you computer stays functional, forget about them. -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - @Hotmail.com - nntp Postologist ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Bill Cunningham" wrote in message ... What do these following extensions mean in the registry files and are any safe to delete? .evt .Evt .rrr .log .sav ? I have these regsitry files on my system. Since I am running two operating systems I was able to copy these files to the root directory and defragment them. Software was in the most fragments. I then moved them back. My system seems to accept the newly defraged files. Now these files will never fragment again right? Bill |
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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Where are these "registry files" located? \windows\system32\Config Bill |
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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Where are these "registry files" located? The main files I think are registry files have no ext. They are system, software, default, and a couple of others. Bill |
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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Where are these "registry files" located? This seems to be interesting. It exaplins those .evt files. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427 |
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Bill Cunningham wrote:
Where are these "registry files" located? \windows\system32\Config "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." |
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On Nov 7, 2:20*pm, "Bill Cunningham" wrote:
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in ... Where are these "registry files" located? * * This seems to be interesting. It exaplins those .evt files.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427 Have you ever run anything like Registry Mechanic, Registry Fixup, Registry TuneUp... You know - those kinds of programs? |
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"Jose" wrote in message ... On Nov 7, 2:20 pm, "Bill Cunningham" wrote: "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in . .. Where are these "registry files" located? This seems to be interesting. It exaplins those .evt files.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427 Have you ever run anything like Registry Mechanic, Registry Fixup, Registry TuneUp... You know - those kinds of programs? Yes but they charge for those and I personally don't think they're worth the money. I do have a program called regclean.exe that I use. When I was using win98 you could export the entire hive into one file. I don't know that exporting and importing can be done with XP'x regedit. Bill |
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If you think your Registry needs to be "cleaned" or "repaired," read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions. Bill Cunningham wrote: Have you ever run anything like Registry Mechanic, Registry Fixup, Registry TuneUp... You know - those kinds of programs?... |
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On Nov 7, 3:08*pm, "Bill Cunningham" wrote:
"Jose" wrote in message ... On Nov 7, 2:20 pm, "Bill Cunningham" wrote: "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in . .. Where are these "registry files" located? This seems to be interesting. It exaplins those .evt files.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427 Have you ever run anything like Registry Mechanic, Registry Fixup, Registry TuneUp... You know - those kinds of programs? * * Yes but they charge for those and I personally don't think they're worth the money. I do have a program called regclean.exe that I use. * * When I was using win98 you could export the entire hive into one file. I don't know that exporting and importing can be done with XP'x regedit. Bill I am not suggesting you run any, but those tools are responsible for many of those files., hence my question. |
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Bill Cunningham typed: "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Where are these "registry files" located? \windows\system32\Config Bill Those aren't all "registry" files by any means. Defragging FILES has nothing to do with the registry, will not damage it, and may have been the right thing to do; I can't tell from here. HTH, Twayne` |
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"Twayne" wrote in message ... Those aren't all "registry" files by any means. Defragging FILES has nothing to do with the registry, will not damage it, and may have been the right thing to do; I can't tell from here. The various files I see and identify as registry files are software, userdiff, sam, default, and the files that have no exension basically. I can't answer for those .sav files if they are some kind of backup or what. The .log files are backups obviously and looks like that for the registry files. The .evt and .Evt files are from the event handler. I think they are all safe to delete except the actual registry files as windows will just recreate them, one might not bother. But the copies I copied of the regsitry files that had no extensions and used contig.exe to defrag them one was pretty badly damaged. The other had one fragment or so. Bill |
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Bill Cunningham wrote:
"Twayne" wrote in message ... Those aren't all "registry" files by any means. Defragging FILES has nothing to do with the registry, will not damage it, and may have been the right thing to do; I can't tell from here. The various files I see and identify as registry files are software, userdiff, sam, default, and the files that have no exension basically. I can't answer for those .sav files if they are some kind of backup or what. The .log files are backups obviously and looks like that for the registry files. The .evt and .Evt files are from the event handler. I think they are all safe to delete except the actual registry files as windows will just recreate them, one might not bother. But the copies I copied of the regsitry files that had no extensions and used contig.exe to defrag them one was pretty badly damaged. The other had one fragment or so. Don't delete these files. These files are created and changed as part of the normal Windows operation. The .evt files are Event Log files and are always in use, they can't be deleted from the Explorer GUI. If you want to delete them use the Event Viewer. If they are corrupt and in need of manual deletion you have to disable the Event Log Service and reboot to be able to delete them. The .log files are registry transactional logs, these files are used to recover failed registry changes and to assure atomicity of individual action in the registry. For example, if there is a power failure while you are trying to change a registry value the .log file will be used to ensure that the value that you were attempting to change doesn't have a meaningless value. These .log files are part of the normal Windows operation, as with the .evt files the .log files cannot be deleted while Windows is running. The .sav files are the original registry hives that were used during the text mode portion of the Windows installation, best not to delete these files, in 'extreme' repair attempts they could come in handy. John |
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