[windows2000] Re: prf*.tmp-files galore
- From: "Charles R. Buchanan" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:22:40 -0800
Of course I'm stabbing in the dark here, and maybe you can school me on
this. Are having these files around during the normal workday a big
problem? The reason I ask is, I was thinking that sometimes I try and
delete files such as these (that are or were used by the system) and
couldn't delete them, at least not until a re-boot.
So couldn't a script be made to delete these at re-boot, or maybe at
shutdown? By the way, I haven't had my coffee yet, so I may still be
a little punchy! :-D
On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:41:32 +0100, "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
actually had this to say:
> Sorin Srbu <> scribbled on Friday, December 21, 2007 11:34 AM:
>
> In any case, I scheduled the script I spoke of earlier, to run once an hour on
> the profile server. Have a hunch the remaining prf-files might have been an
> artefact due to manual tweaking or something. Will keep the script running
> (scheduled) for a while and see if more prf-files will accumulate. I'll report
> back in a few days.
>
>
> > Dan Manell <> scribbled on Friday, December 21, 2007 10:02 AM:
> >
> > I believe it removed those prf-files that I previously changed the
> > attribs on (removed RHS). See below CLI-dump. The visible prf-files in
> > the listing are the ones I previously changed the attribs on. There are
> > more prf-files, but thay are hidden. A second "del /F /Q /Ahrsa prf*.tmp"
> > yields a "could not find"-message, and prf-files are not deleted.
> >
> > <CLI-dump>
> > 2007-12-21 11:24 <DIR> ..
> > 2007-12-20 16:43 <DIR> Desktop
> > 2007-12-21 09:32 <DIR> Favorites
> > 2007-12-20 16:38 <DIR> My Documents
> > 2007-12-21 11:24 1 572 864 NTUSER.DAT
> > 2007-12-18 17:10 1 024 prf4D65.tmp
> > 2007-12-18 21:03 1 024 prf51EE.tmp
> > 2007-12-15 09:10 524 288 prf673.tmp
> > 2007-12-15 13:10 524 288 prf698.tmp
> > 2007-12-15 15:10 524 288 prf6A2.tmp
> > 2007-12-17 19:03 1 024 prf755.tmp
> > 2007-12-17 23:10 524 288 prf77.tmp
> > 2007-12-18 13:10 524 288 prfE13.tmp
> > 2007-12-18 19:03 1 024 prfE93.tmp
> > 2007-12-18 21:03 1 024 prfEA0.tmp
> > 2007-12-19 11:03 1 024 prfF6E.tmp
> > 2005-05-16 22:57 <DIR> SecurityScans
> > 2007-12-20 16:44 <DIR> Start Menu
> > 12 File(s) 4 200 448 bytes
> > 7 Dir(s) 31 313 698 816 bytes free
> >
> > V:\RotXP>del /F /Q /Ahrsa prf*.tmp
> >
> > V:\RotXP>del /F /Q /Ahrsa prf*.tmp
> > Could Not Find V:\RotXP\prf*.tmp
> >
> > V:\RotXP>
> > </CLI-dump>
> >
> > [Get well soon, so the christmas will be saved! ;-)]
> >
> >
> >> Nothing as in only a new line or do you get some kind of error?
> >> Do the attrib commands actually remove the attributes from the files and
> >> del just doesn't find anything to work with? Can you remove the
> >> attributes manually via explorer?
> >>
> >> Have you tried "del /F /Q /Ahrsa prf*.tmp"? That way you don't need
> >> attrib.
> >>
> >> /Dan M
> >>
> >> [I'm home sick today. And nobody else had answered yet, which is rare.
> >> :-)]
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-
> >>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
> >>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:44 AM
> >>> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [windows2000] Re: prf*.tmp-files galore
> >>>
> >>> Dan Manell <> scribbled on Friday, December 21, 2007 9:38 AM:
> >>>
> >>> Same thing; ie nothing happens. I can do a "dir /AHRS prf*.tmp" and get
> >>> a listing of the offending files, but not delete them via the script.
> >>>
> >>> [Slow day at ITS, as you're showing up here? ;-)]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> What happens if you run the command manually from CMD?
> >>>>
> >>>> /Dan M
> >>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-
> >>>>> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
> >>>>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:00 AM
> >>>>> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>> Subject: [windows2000] prf*.tmp-files galore
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I keep collecting prf*.tmp-files in my profile that's stored on a dfs-
> >>>>> share. I know those are open files that can't be written while
> >>>>> synching the profile according to
> >>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328607.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So far none of them have proven to be any important data, so I figured
> >>>>> I could create a scheduled task to automatically remove them from the
> >>>>> central stored profile.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So, I made a batch-script (basically a "del /F /Q prf*.tmp" for a few
> >>>>> particular folders) and ran it and nothing happened... Checked the
> >>>>> file-attribs and noticed the prf-files were marked HRSA, which would
> >>>>> explain why the del-command in my batch-script couldn't delete them.
> >>>>> No problem, I changed my script to include "attrib -R /S prf*.tmp",
> >>>>> "attrib -H /S prf*.tmp" and "attrib -S /S prf*.tmp" and ran the
> >>>>> script again. Still nothing...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I can delete them manually via Windows Explorer, but that is not
> >>>>> feasible, I need an automatic way to do this.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Do you guys have any hints ir ideas on how to do this?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> TIA.
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