[gptalk] Vista and Phantom files

Hi Vista experts

 

This is not really a Group Policy Query, but I am too embarrassed to ask
elsewhere.

 

I have a VB6 program that formats the UserEnv log. It works perfectly well
on XP, but on Vista it keeps finding an old version of the log. It is as if
Vista is showing me my own personal copy of the file, rather than the real
one.

 

The program has a browse button which allows me to explore to the
windows\debug\usermode  directory. I can see all of the files there. When I
open an explorer window, I see exactly the same file names except that the
gpsvc.log file shown within the program is an old version with an old date
and size. It corresponds to the file as it was when I last opened it with my
program.. If I rename the file from within my program, the correct file
suddenly appears.

 

I am presuming this is some feature of Vista. Does anyone know how to turn
it off..

 

 

Alan Cuthbertson

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