Re: XP x64 System Filenames in Windows Folder
Hello Eric,
The AHS is Archive, Hidden, and System attributes.
Nothing strange there, the attributes are dependant of the file thems
So the files do not contain any version information nor do they contain
header infomation.
They don't tell us anything informative.
for example when I run filever /v against explorer.exe on a Windows Vista
machine: this is the output.
--a-- W32i APP ENU 6.0.6001.16659 shp 2,921,472 09-16-2007 explorer.exe
Language 0x0409 (English (United States))
CharSet 0x04b0 Unicode
OleSelfRegister Disabled
CompanyName Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription Windows Explorer
InternalName explorer
OriginalFilename EXPLORER.EXE
ProductName Microsoft« Windows« Operating System
ProductVersion 6.0.6001.16659
FileVersion 6.0.6001.16659 (longhorn_rc0.070916-1443)
LegalCopyright ¬ Microsoft Corporation. All rights
reserved.
VS_FIXEDFILEINFO:
Signature: feef04bd
Struc Ver: 00010000
FileVer: 00060000:17714113 (6.0:6001.16659)
ProdVer: 00060000:17714113 (6.0:6001.16659)
FlagMask: 0000003f
Flags: 00000000
OS: 00040004 NT Win32
FileType: 00000001 App
SubType: 00000000
FileDate: 00000000:00000000
I was hoping for more information from filever so it could help identify
the file or at least the company that generated the file.
As for opening a 1.5 gig file, I read your first post as 1.5 meg files,
rather than gig.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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|> By doing a little Googling, I found out that the AHS will show up every
time
|> in filever, and the version info should follow immediately after. I am
going
|> to run Defender, and Avast on there and see what happens.
|>
|> Thanks again,
|>
|> Eric
|>
|> ""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:
|>
|> > Hello Eric,
|> > If you attempt to open the files in notepad do they give an indication
as
|> > to what they are?
|> > Do you have filever available from the support.cab from Windows Server
2003
|> > or Windows XP CD?
|> > Run filever <filename> /v on each. What is the output?
|> > Thanks,
|> > Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
|> >
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|> > |> Thanks Tony,
|> > |>
|> > |> I was beginning to wonder if I would get a response from anyone. I
will
|> > run
|> > |> the checker, but the real issue for me is this:
|> > |>
|> > |> I am actually quite familiar with windows systems, and I have seen
files
|> > of
|> > |> this type before, just not so large, and having repeating values as
|> > well. I
|> > |> am tempted to just delete them, and see what happen. This is a
fairly
|> > new
|> > |> install with minimal software in accompaniment. If you know of a
reason
|> > why
|> > |> I shouldn't delete them, or know someone who is a higher authority
on
|> > this
|> > |> subject, please reply.
|> > |>
|> > |> Thanks again,
|> > |>
|> > |> Eric
|> > |>
|> > |> "Tony Sperling" wrote:
|> > |>
|> > |> > While I don't know what these files are doing, you might use
SFC.EXE
|> > (System
|> > |> > File Checker - (Command-Line)); it is mentioned on this here page:
|> > |> >
|> > |> >
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/wfp.mspx
|> > |> >
|> > |> >
|> > |> > Tony. . .
|> > |> >
|> > |> >
|> > |> >
|> > |> > "Ericepp" <Ericepp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
|> > |> > news:8C25C2C0-08C8-4566-B7F3-91FE03534B2A@microsoft.com...
|> > |> > > I have the following files in my Windows Directory:
|> > |> > >
|> > |> > > 1 1,571,924 KB System File
|> > |> > > 3 651,148 KB System File
|> > |> > > 5 558,788 KB System File
|> > |> > > S 1,571,924 KB System File
|> > |> > > Y 1,571,924 KB System File
|> > |> > >
|> > |> > > They are taking up an inordinate amount of space on my system
|> > drive, and
|> > |> > I
|> > |> > > would like to clean this up. What issues will I encounter if
any or
|> > all
|> > |> > of
|> > |> > > these are removed?
|> > |> > >
|> > |> > > I thought they were redundant swap files at first, but I have
moved
|> > my
|> > |> > > "Pagefile" to the second partition on this drive which has
plenty of
|> > room.
|> > |> > >
|> > |> > > I use this machine as a server, and didn't plan to have a lot
of
|> > programs
|> > |> > > installed, so I only made the system partition 10GB. Because
of
|> > these
|> > |> > > bloated files, I have only 220MB of space left. I could resize
the
|> > |> > partition
|> > |> > > if necessary, but would rather not -for obvious reasons.
|> > |> > >
|> > |> > > I would appreciate some assistance from anyone who might know
|> > exactly what
|> > |> > > these files are, and how I may safely dispense of this issue.
|> > |> >
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|> > |> >
|> > |>
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