How / Why is a MEDIATAB1.DAT File created? Is it normal naming co

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I have aalways been of the impression that when a *.DAT file is created by
Moviemaker that it appears as MEDIATAB.DAT or MEDIATAB0.DAT, and that file
gets replaced / added to as time progresses.

The other day we found a MEDIATAB1.DAT file on the computer that appeared to
arrive admist strange circumstances. The usual default file on my PC is for
MEDIA0TAB.DAT. Do you have any idea what would have caused this change?

Could it be related to a virus, malicious attack or someone just goofing
around on my PC? The PC is connected to a network. The OS of the PC is
Windows XP Professional, v5.1.2600, SP2. Movie Maker is v2.1.4026.0

Any help is appreciated.

HelenD
 
HelenD said:
I have aalways been of the impression that when a *.DAT file is
created by Moviemaker that it appears as MEDIATAB.DAT or
MEDIATAB0.DAT, and that file gets replaced / added to as time
progresses.

The other day we found a MEDIATAB1.DAT file on the computer that
appeared to arrive admist strange circumstances. The usual default
file on my PC is for MEDIA0TAB.DAT. Do you have any idea what would
have caused this change?

Could it be related to a virus, malicious attack or someone just
goofing around on my PC? The PC is connected to a network. The OS
of the PC is Windows XP Professional, v5.1.2600, SP2. Movie Maker is
v2.1.4026.0

Any help is appreciated.

HelenD
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There is mention of a MEDIATAB1.DAT
file in the following PapaJohn Newsletter:

A Source File - from Cradle to Grave
http://tinyurl.com/36s9jr
(Scroll down to: Inside the Collection
Database (MEDIATAB1.DAT)...)

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the 'backing up' section of my website's Manage Your Files > Collections
page covers the progression from zero to 1 to ???... automatically done by
Movie Maker. It remembers the last numbe it used, so restoring from a backup
copy would need to use a file aligned with it's memory.
 
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