Sounds to me like MS switched from using an internal clock call (SYS(3) or SYS(2015) equivalent) to GUIDs for tmp file names.....treat them with contempt and terminate with extreme prejudice :)


>You could be right, installed VS6 recently (but had IE4.01 SP1 before that, & Win 98 too).
>I just get so many of them, they clutter up my recycle bin which I never fully empty. At least I'm not Robinson Crusoe.
>
>>David,
>>
>>I blame IE4.01 as installed by VS6. I've not had any ill effect from just deleting them.
>>
>>>I'm getting heaps of weird temp files like:
>>>
>>>C:\Windows\fffb840f_{B76A4A61-698C-11D2-A436-0080C77D369B}.tmp
>>>
>>>I suspect VFP 6. Since it only started happening since I started using it. What's worse is they don't get cleaned up, and they're not in my normal temp directory.
>>>
>>>Anyone seen anything like this?