>>Why do I get a large amount of files with names like "fffbb49b_{218FCC40-569B-11D6-B4F0-00E07D73108E}.tmp", and zero bytes, in the c:\windows folder? I am using Windows 98.
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>Some app you run is creating file names based on a UUID, and is using the Windows directory to create them, as a 'safe' destination. I'd look for an app that is pointing at either the Windows directory for temp files, or to a non-existant temp directory that is using the WIndows dir as a fallback.
Yes, it certainly looks like a human-readable form of a GUID. Since I saw this only on Windows 98 - and on both machines I use - I thought it might be Windows 98 itself that does this.
Hilmar.
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